The person who gives the first number sets the starting point.

第一个给出数字的那个人设置了一个起点。

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"This is not a particularly easy case, because it sets out, or calls to question a number of legal issues that have to be examined, that have to really be given legal treatment for them to arrive at a decision that is legal in the eyes of the region and the eyes of the international law,".

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That sets up the number of pigs.

最后决定猪的数量。

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