No fish at all was in it, nor any monster or thing of horror, but only a little Mermaid lying fast asleep.

里面根本没有鱼，也没有什么怪物或恐怖的东西，只卧着一条酣睡的小美人鱼。

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You should know that a deductive argument is an either-or thing.

你应该知道演绎的论点是一个非此即彼的东西。

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So whereas deduction is an either or thing and induction is a matter of degree.

但是演绎是一个二选一的东西，归纳是一种程度。

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An ace in the hole is an argument, plan or thing kept hidden until needed.

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So, "It's like" is good in comparing an object, person, place or thing to something else.

所以，“It's like”句型在比较物体、人物、地点与事物的时候非常有用。

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Thermodynamics is asking you, what work does this thing do on the surroundings or the surroundings do on the system?

热力学在问你们，到底是系统对环境做功,还是环境对系统做功？

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That is the fallacy that has you thinking a phenomenon true for any one person or thing can be simultaneously true for every person or thing.

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Rather, his haunting, beautiful paintings are reflections (which explains the frequent appearance of mirrors), a piecing together of recollections of a specific place or thing at different times.

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Instead of every robot building up its own idiosyncratic catalogue of how to deal with the objects and situations it encounters, Rapyuta would be the place they ask for help when confronted with a novel situation, place or thing.

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