In each case it's a trial by fire, a strategic assessment: are you sufficiently like me that we can communicate?

每一个谈话都是一场火上试验、一次战略评估：到底这个人是否和我合拍，能不能沟通？

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But at his trial, investigators testified that based on the burn patterns in the house, the fire had been arson.

此案在审理时，侦查人员从火场型推断证明这次火灾系人为纵火。

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So what should have been an eventless deployment ended up being an all-hands-on-deck fire drill where a lot of trial and error finally hacked the production environment into a usable state.

本来应该一帆风顺的部署过程最后变成一场救火行动，经过反复测试之后才让生产环境恢复到正常状态。

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And like any modern science, truth is forged in the fire of trial and error, and subjects nearly always emerge with theories of their own.

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Even good drugs often go through a trial by fire before doctors are sure they are safe.

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One fire officer told the trial the remains found were among the worst he had ever seen.

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