It would all be innocent enough—20 minutes of busy work—except it comes attached to a personal essay.

这再简单不过了，除了要附加一篇个人论文，其余工作只需忙碌20分钟（就可以搞定）。

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They had died of fright. No one knows what they saw except it scared the hell out of them.

他们的死因是惊吓过度。没人知道他们看见了什么，大家只知道他们吓得把命都丢了。

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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，其实它不是浓咖啡。

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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.

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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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This drug has few side effects, except it may cause liver damage in some people.

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

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

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