However, erosion and a crack in the stone make the end of the passage almost illegible.

不过，石碑上的蚀痕和裂隙使文字的结尾几乎难以辨认。

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James was about to crack the freaky egg to make a fry-up for guests at The Hotel Bristol in Newquay, Cornwall when when he noticed it wasn't oval as he would have expected.

事情经过是这样的：詹姆斯正要打破蛋壳给位于英国纽基的比里斯托尔酒店的客人们做煎蛋，结果发现这枚蛋并不是他常见的椭圆形状。

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This is partly marketing talk: crack open an iPhone and you will find many of the paraphernalia—including a motherboard and microchips—that make up the guts of a PC too.

这一定程度上是营销言论，拆开一个iPhone，你就会发现，包括母版和微处理芯片，很多配件都和个人电脑上的一样。

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"Each wave is like a hammer stroke beating on a sea wall which starts to make it crack and then we have to repair it, " she says.

BBC: Legacy of Britain's great flood

But its extra provisions, which make pupil-teacher affairs illegal, have been described by the headteachers' union as a "sledgehammer to crack a nut".

BBC: News | Education | Heads oppose sex crime move

Those who make it to Mountain View stand a 50% chance of being selected for YC's program and a crack at Silicon Valley glory.

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