He acted like a father to his thirteen nieces and nephews, the children of his dead brothers.

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So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

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And he was a total dead ringer for the voice, of course, because it was him!

他和那个人的声音太相似了，他就是那个代言人！

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His attempts to pick her up occur with repetitive conversational bursts that stop and rewind a little bit each time he hits a dead end, replaying with increasing speed.

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Neither did Carmelo Anthony, bothered by what he called a dead arm after being hit in the biceps early in the game.

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