They hope that even if their mission to kill Lyra fails, Mary will lead Father Gomez to Lyra.

他们希望，即使他们的任务要杀死天琴座失败，玛丽将导致父亲戈麦斯到天琴座。

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In a twist typical of Auster, Brick is given a mission to kill the man who brought about the civil war ("He invented it, and everything that happens or is about to happen is in his head").

在一个颇具奥斯特小说特点的意外转折中，布里克接受了一项任务，刺杀带头发起内战的那个人（“（布里尔）他编造了这个故事，所有发生或将发生的一切，都只存在于他的脑中”）。

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My mission is to kill time and time’s to kill me in its turn.

我的任务是杀死时间，时间也在等着杀死我。

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In October, the United States sent 100 combat-equipped troops on a mission to kill or capture Kony.

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Was there a consideration to try to take bin Laden alive, or was the mission to kill him on sight?

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Two 17-year-old peasant boys from the wilds of northwest Pakistan failed in their mission to kill the pro-West governor of Jalalabad, an Afghan border town.

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