Like it or not, our families shape our lives and make us what we are.

不管喜欢与否，我们的家庭塑造我们的生活并铸就我们的个性。

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The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.

那些窗帘纯粹用于装饰目的，不能开合。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The figure made no reply, and did not move or stir.

人影没有回答，也没有移动。

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Many victims live in areas with poor or non-existent health care systems and where antivenom treatments are often not available.

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Most people wouldn't ever mail a letter or get a letter--too expensive, not to count only the paper and everything was expensive.

大多数人可能从未寄过信,或是收过信，因为太贵了，不单单是纸贵,什么东西都贵。

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And it's not just the accent of "Ain," "Quatre-vain" Or "Enfain" Instead of enfin-- it's a whole language.

而且不光是那种"俺"的口音,"把十"或者"嗨子"而不是孩子,完全是另一种语言

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But that will change, too, and there will be more fast-food restaurants--American and otherwise, drive-through or not.

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Hopefully -- just to give an example -- when Spain clarifies exactly how it intends to draw down and utilize dollars -- or not dollars, but euros to recapitalize its banking system, given that it's already got support from other European countries, given that the resources are available, what's missing right now is just a sense of specifics and the path whereby that takes place.

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Since 4 May 2006 a couple who live together as if married (or as if they were a registered same-sex partnership) have had rights and obligations between them, whether they like it or not - and even whether they know about it or not.

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