A gun barrel was made of this new "chromium steel" but the first shot fired through it broke it into a dozen pieces.

用这种新的“铬钢”做成的枪，第一次开大后它就裂成了许多碎片。

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I believe in the maxim "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

我相信这句格言：“如果它没坏，不要去修理它。”

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My boss had a stock response – "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

我的老板是老一套的回答–“没坏的话就别修了！”

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A crowd of about 1,000 marched to a nearby store, broke into it, and destroyed large amounts of flour and grain.

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It was a new idea that broke with the ideas of its neighbors, and those people were the Israelites.

他们的新观点使他们在当时，格格不入，他们是犹太人。

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Nobody is going to say to themselves, "Oh, well, it's not such a good talk because the slide projector broke."

没有人会觉得，”这个演讲不是很好，因为投影机坏了“

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In attempt to keep them waiting, Stacy took day-old stale pita bread, baked it in the oven, spiced it up and broke it into small bite sizes, which she then served to her waiting patrons.

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The constant message on Social Security was that it's broke and it needs to be fixed right now.

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As it hobbled along, it broke through the crust of the surface and got stuck in an area called Troy.

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