Though the ideal cure for noise is to stop it at its source, this may in many cases be impossible.

虽然消除噪音的理想方法是在其根源处阻止它，但在许多情况下这可能是不可能的。

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While careful planning for the afterlife may lie buried underground in Cairo, it is noise and confusion on the streets.

虽然对来世的周密计划可能被埋在开罗的地下，但街道上却是喧嚣和混乱。

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Another temporary discount may not be what you want, but at least it is a bird in the hand.

再一次临时打折可能达不到你所希望的，但至少这是已经到手的东西。

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The discovery is exciting because it suggests that the building blocks of life may be more common in the universe than scientists had thought.

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It is not in the least to assert that no references may be distorted if advantage can thereby gained.

并不是为了能得到好处,而说所有的参考都是真实的。

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We sometimes put it: the soul is in the body, though talking about spatial locations here may be somewhat metaphorically intended.

我们有时认为,灵魂在身体内,在谈论空间地点时,也许会暗示着某种隐喻

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In fact, Mr Dewar is terribly anxious to point out that this will be among the first acts of the parliament after it is elected in May.

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In the north, it is true, it may be in its final stages.

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It is unclear which week in May Facebook is aiming to go public, cautioned the person, and the timing may still change.

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