And it may or may not reflect on the society that one of its more versatile verbs was "kalu," which in different contexts can mean detain, delay, hold back, keep in custody, interrupt and so forth.

并且它有可能或者没有可能反应了当时的社会，有一个多功能的词可能是“kalu，”它在另外的文本中的意思可能是阻止、推迟、撤退、监禁或者侵扰等等。

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Prosecutors are now expected to seek judicial permission to detain him for 10 days for interrogation, which can be extended for another 10 days, as they decide on charges.

现在检查机关正请求法院给他每年10天的审讯时间，审讯有可能再延长10天因为他们要决定如何对其判决。

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But he is now being investigated on separate charges and he has been ordered to detain during the investigation.

而他现在正在接受单独的罪名调查而且已被下令在调查期间被拘留。

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Thai diplomats on Wednesday morning presented Cambodian officials with a request to detain and extradite Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Under the law, police would be able to detain an individual based merely on the suspicion that he or she entered the country illegally.

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Scotland Yard has told its officers that bad language on its own is not a good enough reason to detain someone.

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