The film attempts to understand the abject fear and courageous decisions of people who transformed from a random assembly of disconnected strangers into Allies confronting an unthinkable situation.

该片试图去领会人们的那种极度恐惧以及那些英勇做出的决定，而这些人们在联合起来应对突如其来的局面之前就是一群随机凑在一起的毫无联系的陌生人。

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By the end of the meal, I realized I had transformed abject fear into unmitigated glee, not to mention several full bellies.

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What is this abject fear the bond market has?

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She was an Oscar-nominated actress in the 1940s and 50s (Executive Suite, Spartacus) and she turned out to be an incredible teacher who inspired both abject fear and cult-like devotion in her students.

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