McWhorter acknowledges that formal language is not strictly necessary, and proposes no radical education reforms—he is really grieving over the loss of something beautiful more than useful.

McWhorter 承认正式的语言并不是绝对必要的，也没有提出任何激进的教育改革——他实际上是在为失去一些美丽但相对不实用的东西而悲伤。

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'Villa' was something of a misnomer ; the place was no more than an old farmhouse.

“别墅”一说有点不妥，那地方只不过是座旧农舍。

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No, I'm talking about something more fundamental: as an American citizen, I'm responsible for protecting the assets of every lending institution licensed to do business in my vicinity.

我现在要说的是更基础一些的事情：做为一个美国公民，我有责任保护我身边每一家合法信用机构的资产。

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But in souvenir photos of those days, more than a few metal flasks, no doubt containing something stronger than Bubble-Up, can be seen on the floor beneath the tables.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

There can be fighting without war but there can be no war without an organization that makes it something more than just plain fighting.

就算没有战争,争斗同样可以存在,但没有组织,便没有战争,组织使的战争的意义超出了单纯的争斗

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So if I start off with a list of length n, how many times can I divide it by 2, until I get to something no more than two left?

我能够除以多少次2呢？,直到我得到的长度不超过2么？,对数次，对吧？就像刚才那位同学说的那样？

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Responsibility, we all must do our part, no more something for nothing.

CNN: Transcript of President Clinton's weekly radio address

No more something for nothing!

BBC: Enthusiasm trickling down on devolution in Wales

If so, to the extent that these devices have more storage capacity than a wallet, are people who carry them entitled to something more than no suspicion, but less than reasonable suspicion?

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