There was a column directly in my line of sight, so I could only see half the stage.

有一根柱子正挡着我的视线，所以我只能看见舞台的一半。

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The answer, in the magazine’s Franz Kafka’s Garage column, is: “Long ago, half-ton pickups could haul half a ton.” But competition led to more capable trucks, though the name did not change.

答案在一本叫<弗兰茨卡夫卡>的杂志上的一个车库专栏中作出了解答:"很久以前 半吨的小型卡车能拖拉半吨的货物."

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In figure 1, you will find a column displaying a solid circle, a half-solid circle, and an empty circle for each received message.

在图1中，您将发现其中一列对于接收的每条消息显示实心圆圈、半实心圆圈或空心圆圈。

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