Despite objections by the White House, the Senate voted today to cut off aid.

尽管白宫反对，参议院今天投票中断援助。

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"A man came to me who had his hand cut off", said one. "Today that man is concert violinist."

“一个手被切掉的男人来我这儿看病，”一个说，“今天那个人是位小提琴手了。”

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Unable to capture the Leningrad (today known as Saint Petersburg), the Germans cut it off from the world, disrupting utilities and shelling the city heavily for more than two years.

由于不能完全占领列宁格勒（现在称作圣彼得堡），两年多时间里，德国人切断了该市与外界的联系，破坏了公用设施，并对该市进行了猛烈的炮击。

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Their real reason for objecting to Mr O'Neill's proposal, though, is a concern that shifting from loans to grants would cut off an important source of future funding (the repayments from today's borrowers).

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