Kari had to pull me in with the life rope because I felt like I could not move.

卡丽是用救生绳把我从水里拖出来的，因为我那时已经无法动弹了。

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She was holding on to the rope for dear life.

她死命抓着那根绳子。

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Killing a man while he slept, slipping a rope around his neck that choked the life out of him.

在一个男人睡觉时把他杀死，把绳子绕在他的脖子上，让他窒息而死。

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Before the threat of a rating cut, powerful nations like Germany could hope that investors would offer them a life rope out of the debt quagmire.

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Prior managed to clear the rope when he got hold of a Kallis delivery to bring the crowd to life.

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