A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.

小房间，私室小的私人房间，如学习或祈祷用。

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An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.

让病祸或不幸降于某人或某物上的请求或祈祷。

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You may cultivate this awareness on a regular basis through reflection or prayer.

通过反思和祈祷，可以经常培养这种意识。

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So in the story Dudley is there, pen knife in hand, but instead of the prayer or before the prayer, he says "Parker, would you mind?"

故事里达德利手拿小刀，没有做祷告，或是在做祷告前，他说，派克，介意我们杀你吗“

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Maybe reading philosophy would be somethin that as long as you were doing it you couldn't die or, as perhaps some religious traditions might've taught, as long as you were engaged in prayer ? you couldn't die. Wouldn't that be nice?

也许看哲学书会是某件,只要你在做，你就不可能死的事，或者也许像某些宗教传统所说，只要你参与祷告,你就不可能死，那样岂不是很好？

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The first sale of the night might be followed by a small ritual or prayer in hopes that more business will follow.

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Iraqi officials Thursday announced the arrest of some imams, or prayer leaders, from mosques in Mosul, a new tactic targeting an influential sector of society.

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These findings may suggest that for people who practice meditation or prayer, the focus becomes less on the self as a distinct entity from the external world, and more on connection between the two.

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