But her body lingered, shed of an inner being, empty as a cicada husk.

而她的身体，那灵魂的居所，依然逗留徘徊，空如蝉壳。

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This involves removing the outer cover, including the husk, bran and germ. Only the inner white kernel is left.

包括除去外部覆盖物，包括稻壳，麸子和胚芽，只剩下内部白色的精髓。

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Refining it involves removing the outer layers, including the husk,bran and germ, leaving the inner white kernel.

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Jorgensen sold his small newspaper group to Hart-Hanks, a Texas-based publishing and marketing conglomerate, which hoped to surround The Boston Globe and strangle it by taking all the ads from the rich suburbs, leaving the husk of the inner city to the city paper.

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