If life were all one dead level the dull sameness it would oppress us; we want the hills and the valleys.

若是我们前面的生活只是平而又光，何等乏味！ 我们需要山和谷。

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Oxford and Cambridge oarsmen compete in the 157th university boat race, with Cambridge so far leading 80-75 (with one dead heat).

第157届牛津剑桥八划手赛艇对抗赛，以往战绩：剑桥胜80届比牛津胜75届领先(还有一届打平)。

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No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.

没人执行，该法律即成一纸空文。

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For example, one American astronaut on a four-month long mission on the Russian space station Mir saw a vision of his dead father.

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So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

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Burying the dead makes one ritually impure, but God commands proper care of the dead.

埋葬死者导致仪式上的不洁，尽管上帝要求我们合理地照看死者。

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During the same expedition, the scientists sent one dead specimen to the Natural History Museum in London.

BBC: Earth News - New carnivorous mammal species found in Madagascar

Early Marine accounts said the notification of the shooting came late Thursday when authorities found one dead victim.

CNN: 'A long night' at Quantico Marine base: 3 dead in shooting

In the bag, police found five live mice and one dead one.

BBC: US man accused of pizzeria 'mouse sabotage' attempt