What is the use of a book about interior design without a plenitude of pictures in colour?

如果没有大量的彩色图片，一本有关室内设计的书还有什么用呢？

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With a book, the conversation takes place inside someone's head and without the risk of being judged by others.

在读书时，对话发生在人的脑海中，没有被他人评判的风险。

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Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.

我没有翻开这本书，就把它从图书馆借了出来，准备夏天再看。

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"When you read a book, you are in direct contact with the mind of another human being, without the distraction of their physical presence, of their image,of their tics .

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And the central idea is that there is one proper response to God's mighty acts on behalf of Israel, and that is resolute observance of the book of the Torah of Moses, without intermingling with the peoples that remain.

其中心思想是没有恰当的回应,对于上帝代表以色列的无上举动，还有对摩西五经的绝对遵守，不可与你们中间所剩下的这些国民搀杂。

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At one time in the book or at one point he maintains that a person cannot be made to accuse themselves without the assurance of pardon.

他在书中辩护道,除非一个人知道自己会被赦免而主动认罪,否则是不能轻易强逼他认罪的。

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Customers can share highlighted sections, notes and meaningful quotes on Facebook and Twitter directly from Kindle without leaving the book.

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For without the physical book, what is the point of either?

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"The question is how best to get the Tumblr experience into the app without detracting from the book itself or pulling too far away from the story, " Mr. Schrank said.

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