He needed to make a complete break with the past.

他得与过去彻底告别。

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"This will give us a badly needed break," says Jose Reynaldo, sitting in the shadow of the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium, where he works in ground maintenance.

“这给了我们一次迫切需要的突破”，坐在体育场阴影中的场地维护工人尤瑟·雷纳尔多表示。

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The security guards, who did not check to see if he needed a toilet break, food or water, had breached their duty of care.

警卫玩忽职守，从未查看囚犯是否需要上厕所，是否需要食物或水。

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Goldman said on stage that he needed a break.

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After all this effort Santa does get tired from posing for these miniature chocolates so when he needed a break other iconic Christmas symbols were created and are also available including a praline Christmas tree.

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He just needed a break, that was all.

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