How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?

你怎样才能在不擦去任何一部分的情况下使一条线变短？

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All I could make out was a long, jagged line with some high plateaus.

我能看到的只有一条参差不齐的长线条，其中还有一些高的凸起。

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Sometimes, I think the administration steps over the line when they make these kinds of accusations.

有时候，我认为行政部门在发出这类指责时，他们已经出格了。

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In the Mexican state of Michoacn potters make white clay containers painted with line drawings of fish and other animals.

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Ok, double line. If there are no questions I'm going to make a dramatic change in topic.

好的，这是重点，如果没什么问题,我要讲下面的内容。

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Yeah, I think I'll make that clear line, meaning the... like again, Israeli politics doesn't really, in that case doesn't really break down religiously.

是，我来说清楚，我的意思是。,以色列的政治也不会，因为宗教原因而崩溃。

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The company also has plans to make a line of tablet based thin clients.

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The South African charged down Tipoki's attempted clearance kick and did well to make the line for a debut try.

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Fly-half Jones levelled after 18 minutes with a penalty, but six minutes later Humphreys capitalised on poor defence, using his pace to make the line untouched.

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