The two characters form a single word, they cannot be separated.

这两个字构成一个词，不能拆开。

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Those three characters form the opening sequence of JSP directive syntax.

这三个字符形成了JSP指令语法的开始序列。

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The first two characters of the SQL state are a class value, and the last three characters form a subclass value.

SQL 状态的前两个字符是一个类值，后三个字符形成子类值。

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This is the verse form, you'll recognize it, in so many of the long speeches of characters in the plays of Marlowe and of Shakespeare.

这就是你们经常在马洛和莎士比亚戏剧中的,角色的大段独白中看到的诗体。

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But the words can come in a phonetic English form, Chinese characters and even spoken form.

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Mr Levy said it reduced the number of taps needed to form Japanese characters from eight to two.

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