The brisk temperatures are not due to defective radiators, but due to the fact that the Igloo Hotel is made entirely out of ice and snow.

温度的上升并不是因为装了什么加热器，而是因为这间旅馆是完全建立在冰天雪地中。

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2666 is not a novel that any responsible critic could describe with words like brisk or taut. (not like all those other brisk, taut 898-page novels.)

任何一个负责任的批评家都不会用活泼或惊险这样的字眼来描述《2666》。

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But there are worries that brisk economic growth may not be enough to address problems such as lack of access to schooling and health care for millions of Indians.

然而，人们担心经济的快速增长可能不足以解决数百万印度民众缺乏教育和医疗服务等这类问题。

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It would be nice, too, if small companies were in better shape, the yen not so strong, consumer demand more brisk, companies less concerned with paying off debt, and the whole economy not so dependent on exports to China.

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Collingwood, workmanlike as ever, was joined by Owais Shah, who played some wonderful wristy strokes, and they ensured England's innings did not lose momentum with a brisk partnership of 30 - but it was Mascarenhas who unleashed the pyrotechnics.

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In America, where growth has been brisk for years, monetary policy is stronger, but not yet a yank on the bridle.

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