One learns to live in the defensive, protecting oneself from harm, retrieving what has been lost on a recurring basis so that one's ascent does not fail to come forth.

你学习在防御中生活，保护自己免受伤害，并重获所失去的，在重获的基础上于是你的提升得以实现。

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In any event, our heroes in horns did manage to make an impressive defensive stop and wil live to play another day.

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"I'm definitely a good player - a defensive or attacking midfielder, " the Olympic 100m and 200m champion told BBC 5 live's Sportweek programme.

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