Mr O’Neill is good at capturing the atmosphere of exceptionalism and a sense of the centre not holding.

奥尼尔非常善于捕捉游离于主流之外的别样气息，驾驭无主题的文字。

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The candlestick was in the form of an angel holding a nosegay, in the centre of which the wax taper was to be placed.

它的形状是一个抱着花束的安琪儿；而蜡烛就插在这个花束的中央。这烛台在一张绿色的写字台上占了一个地位。

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In those days, the holding cells in the processing centre, explains Scott Hayes, a Border Patrol agent, were full to bursting.

像边境巡逻人员斯科特·海耶斯解释的那样，在那个年月，处理中心的牢房都是人满为患。

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Professor Brice Dickson said the investigations found that Lisnevin's main use was as a holding centre, "rather than a place of rehabilitation".

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Witness Maurice McColgan told the inquiry that he and other people arrested by the army were beaten up by paratroopers at a holding centre.

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