We envy it, some of us kill for it, we look down our noses at it, some of us won't have anything to do with it, and yet its place in the cultural consciousness is assured.

我们崇拜它，甚至有人为财死；我们鄙视它，甚至有人无财缘。但是金钱在文化意识中的地位确凿无疑。

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It is an effective treatment for the bacteria and does kill it off.

这是一种有效的灭菌方法，确实把细菌都杀光了。

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Some people use the Internet to kill time while others use it for self-improvement.

有些人使用互联网来消磨时间，而有些人则用它来进行自我提升。

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Japan says there are genuine scientific reasons for why it needs to kill hundreds of whales each year in Antarctic waters.

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The way, in the simplest terms that cyanide can kill you, is it basically out-competes your oxygen for the heme in your blood.

氰化物可以杀掉你的最简单的一种方式基本上就是，将氧从你血液中,的血红素中挤出去。

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People thought it was just wrong, categorically wrong, to kill a person, an innocent person, even for the sake of saving five lives.

他们认为杀掉一个无辜的人，是绝对错误的，哪怕是为了拯救五条生命。

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Second, and more importantly, it indicates that BP believes the blowout at the Macondo well has been stopped, that the cap in place now will continue to hold back the gusher until the relief wells can kill it for good.

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So why did it make sense for Universal to kill it?

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There are homes in this country where the only way to cook chicken is to catch the live fowl running in the garden, kill it, and prepare it for cooking.

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