Like a snake backed into a corner, however, a weakened al Qaeda isn't necessarily less dangerous.

但是，就像一条被逼到角落里去的蛇，“基地”在衰弱的同时危险性并不会必然随之减少。

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Salt captures the breathtakingly dangerous life of the secret-service agent: shoot-outs, car chases, death lurking around every corner. Was Mahle's life really like that?

《特工绍特》展现了秘密特工令人咋舌的危险生活：枪战、汽车追逐、死亡遍布每一个角落。

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That street corner is dangerous.

那个街角是很危险的。

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Forster also came close for the Royals, before Cresswell again had to clear a dangerous corner from John Salako.

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But it means operating in a dangerous corner of northwest Mexico, where three states converge and the ground is thick with bandits.

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Italy appeared to regroup and settle the game down after that goal, even testing Iker Casillas with a couple of dangerous corner kicks, until Jordi Alba put another one in the net for Spain four minutes before halftime.

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