We cannot survive for long without food and drink.

我们没有食物和饮料就活不了多久。

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We cannot survive for long without food and [or] water.

我们没有食物和水就活不了多久。

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However, there is no risk to people's health now because the plague bacteria cannot survive long in the soil, Crossrail says.

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Furthermore, a common currency cannot survive on the long term if it is not backed by a political union.

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