Living alone was conceived to be negative—dark and cold—while being together suggested warmth and light.

独自生活被认为是负面的——黑暗寒冷——而与人一起则意味着温暖和光明。

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Normally planes don't go to the polar post from February to October because of the dangers of flying in the pitch-dark and cold.

通常情况下，飞机不会在2月到次年10月之间经行极地，因为在漆黑、寒冷的天气下飞行是很危险的。

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It was dark and cold.

外面又黑又冷。

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It was a dark and cold night.

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He took my arm and we began to walk through the cold, dark rooms.

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But then in the middle of the dark and cold winter of 2010 something happened.

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Having stood watch in the dark and the cold and travelled through convoys surrounded by foreign nationals, any of whom may want to attack us, I can attest to the difficulty of judgment calls.

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The festival links yin and yang, the qualities of light and dark or cold and warmth (among others) to the waxing and waning of the sun's light.

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