As the proverb says, "Your tongue has the power of life and death."

正如谚语所说：“话语有令人生存或者死亡的力量（是非都是从口中传出来的）。”

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Words are the power of life!

单词是人生的力量！

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He stressed he had the power of life and death over the hostages in the building.

他强调他对大楼内的人质有生杀大权。

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"Ted Kennedy's life's work was not to champion the causes of those with wealth or power or special connections.

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So Klawans argues, and I quote, that "sacrifice involves in part the controlled exercise of complete power over an animal's life and death."

因此克洛文认为，“献祭在某种程度上是一种,掌握动物生死的权力象征“

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True godliness means imitation of God, the exercise of one's power In a manner that is godlike, good, life-affirming and so on.

真正的神性是效仿上帝，施展权力,用与上帝相仿的善良的方式。

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The League's 59 deputies and 26 senators wield the power of life and death over Mr Berlusconi's government.

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The Communist Party had the power of life and death over Soviet citizens, but they were powerless to revise or repeal the laws of physics or the principles of engineering.

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Tuy Kin still strongly resembles the photographs of her found at Tuol Sleng, but no longer has the same brutish demeanor of a peasant cadre with the power of life or death in her hands.

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