Just as Mercury is locked facing the sun, the planet is tidally locked to its star, so that one side basks in perpetual daylight, while the other side remains in darkness.

与水星总有一半固定地面对太阳相似，该行星总是始终保持一面朝向恒星，使得星球的一半永久处于阳光之中，而另一半则永久位于黑暗。

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But apart from one tabloid interview that he instantly regretted, the 31-year-old bodyguard remained as enigmatic as the last fateful seconds locked irretrievably inside his head.

但是他只接受了一次小报的采访，事后很快就后悔了，除此之外，这位31岁的保镖一直是个谜，就像那灾难的最后几秒钟被锁在他大脑里无法取出一样。

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Locked in my bedroom I gave myself one afternoon to recover, because I had other social obligations such as working and attending training courses.

关在卧房里，我给自己一天下午用来恢复，因为我还有别的社会责任，比如工作，比如学习。

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So the oil remains locked in the ground, as one million Californians look for work, as its schools and roads deteriorate, and as it keeps raising taxes to balance the budget.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: A Tale of Two Oil States

As soon as he came in, the doors were locked and no one could enter or leave.

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The rest of the movie consists of the couple escaping into one green, air-locked room after another as the prison beasts rage outside.

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