As fans know, in these jams, a player shouts a tune and the group is off—melody in unison, then solos, each picking up on a phrase left by another; one starting an idea, another finishing it.

乐迷们都知道的，在这些混搭里，一位乐手确定表演曲目，小组即开演——合奏旋律，独奏，一个一个地沿着前面留下的余曲跟进；别人出了点子，另一个来完成它。

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Kurt kept firing, picking off stragglers as their formation knit together-shooting one Elite in the knee joint, one in the eye, until their Jackal shields overlapped.

库尔特继续开火，干掉掉队的，因为它们的编队收缩在一起——射击一个精英的膝关节，另一个的眼睛，直到它们的豺狼人护盾交迭。

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It can exploit its bargaining power to get a better deal by picking off countries one by one.

美国能够利用其讨价划价的能力，通过对各个国家逐个排除的方法，做成一笔更好的交易。

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Well, the moral logic of the situation seems to be that, that they would keep on picking off the weakest maybe, one by one, until they were rescued.

这情形的道德逻辑似乎是这样，就是他们一直拣软柿子捏，逐个杀掉，直至获救。

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However, as we are now seeing, the gulf carriers are either joining the alliances (Qatar) picking them off one by one (Emirates) or simply creating split loyalties (Etihad).

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Or an Assassin which constantly blinded enemies, picking off foes one by one?

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Or worse yet, was the killing a sign that Syria or its Lebanese friends still plan a comeback, picking off their enemies one by one?

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