In the flat world of maps, sharp lines show where one country ends and another begins.

在地图上的扁平世界里，凌厉的线条展示了一个国家的起始和另一个国家的终止。

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A small flat-bottomed boat with square ends, paddled or poled on shallow waterways.

一种平底小船，两头为方形，用浆或篙在浅水航道划行。

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Blown dry pin-straight, Cotillard's hair appeared longer. "I flat-iron the ends so they don't kick up when they hit her shoulder blades, " added Vetica.

拉直之后的短发看上去会长一点。末端的头发要用直板拉直，这样在接触肩膀的时候就不会变弯。

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Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

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In the short, a young Parisian cyclist whom Sylvain rescues from a flat tire ends up a victim of his romantic benevolence.

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Again, we see another shining example of how the Romney campaign overreaches in the effort to make its case and ends up being flat-out dishonest.

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For instance, one of his best-loved piano works, the E-flat Intermezzo, Opus 117, no.1, begins and ends with an especially beautiful melody.

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