Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

呼吸急促，日益逼向死亡。

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Three months ago, he was that much closer to death, and it was literally and figuratively all over his face.

三个月前，他是那么的接近死神，一切都可以从他的脸色直接体现出来。

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This is a caricature of the problem - but perhaps men at the end of each decade feel that much closer to death, and decide to reclaim their life by having affairs.

这是该问题的一种讽刺绘图——但是也许每十年底，男人都会觉得离死亡越来越近，并决定以外遇的方式重活一次。

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Finally, the dog moved closer to the man and caught the smell of death.

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Selig's alternative, however, would bring the sport closer to death than to health.

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Professor Meadow's figure on the likelihood of cot deaths was disputed by other experts who argued genetic and environmental factors made the odds of a second cot death in the same family closer to 200 to one.

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It was his father's sudden death when Gergiev was just 14 that drew him closer to music and eventually led to conducting.

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