The border, effectively closed since 1981, will be opened as of January the 1st.

自1981年以来实际上关闭了的边境将从1月1日起开放。

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But the speeches of Glaucon and Adeimantus, you might say the circle around Socrates is effectively closed.

但，Glaucon，与，Adeimantus，的发言，你也可以说,那环绕着苏格拉底的圈子实际上是封闭的。

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After seeing Cas close to 24-12 down, Orford also dropped the killer goal just before the break which effectively closed the door.

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They have effectively closed the door on Flame copycats of the future.

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Large areas of northern Mali are effectively closed off to journalists.

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