When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost puretone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.

音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。

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When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.

音叉被敲击时，产生几乎纯质的音调，其音量经久不衰。

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Almost a third of its population was non-Maratha then; over half is today.

非马拉裔人占当时人口总数的三分之一，如今则达到一半以上。

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And its day seems almost over, when a signal comes over the radio.

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While the filmmaker's sympathies clearly lie with her brainy, glamorous heroine in "Something's Gotta Give, " -- a movie that almost trips over its own cleverness during a table-turning climax set in Paris -- she declines to make Harry a complete fool. (Incomplete foolishness is funnier anyway.) "He's soulful when you're not expecting it, " Marin tells her mother.

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