Before the explosion, the companion star may have dumped gas onto VFTS 102, spinning it up to extreme speed the way falling water makes a water wheel turn.

在那颗伴星爆炸之前，其气体可能曾经冲向恒星VFTS 102，致使该恒星的旋转加快到极速，就像落下的水使水轮旋转一样。

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A blue light had appeared in the darkness: It grew larger and brighter, and Lupin and George appeared, spinning and then falling.

黑暗中突然有了一点蓝光，越来越大，越来越亮，接着卢平和乔治出现了，嗖嗖旋转着落到地上。

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When I was a freshman in college, I also believe Math was a mere abstraction. Study it was like falling into a spinning abyss of Numbers and symbols.

上大一时，我也觉得数学无非就是一种抽象，学数学就似乎掉进了数字和符号那令人眩晕的深渊。

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Merkel scurries breathlessly to keep her plates spinning as her ruling coalition is falling apart.

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Owners face another season of falling ticket prices and group specials to keep turnstiles spinning and glad-handing to reassure uncertain sponsors.

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They do not have to keep spinning all of the sticks under the plates at the same time to keep all of the plates spinning (and thus keep them from falling off the sticks).

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