This version is very similar to the original, except it sounds a bit rawer.

这个版本和原版很像，除了它听上去更加原始一些。

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RSS is like Atom except it has not been standardized and thus has many variants.

rss与atom一样，只是它还没有标准化，因此有许多变体。

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Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. (Francis Bacon, British philosopher).

金钱好比粪肥，只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。英国哲学家培根。

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It also bars additional forms of pay except for stock that can only be received after government loans have been repaid.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

This is a baby elephant, so it's really, really big-- except it's a baby elephant, so it's really, really small."

这是只大象宝宝,所以它很大很大,但是它只是个大象宝宝,所以它其实又很小很小

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I just come back with my black coffee and my double espresso mocha latte skinny frothed, except it isn't espresso.

我回到桌位上，双手拿着我的黑咖啡,和一杯双倍浓度无咖啡因少泡沫的穆哈咖啡，其实不是无咖啡因的。

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One could argue that Zynga is like Shanda, except it is starting from the U.S. market.

FORBES: Americans Adopt Chinese Web Habits

Rypple Flow is a similar idea, except it is designed to show activity inside a company.

FORBES: Rypple Flow Is Social HR Management On A Big Screen

It almost was a similar type of an event except it was in much shallower water.

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