She cried out in fear and flung both arms up to protect her face.

她害怕得哭起来，急忙伸出双臂以保护自己的脸。

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A barbed wire fence and a wide ditch protect the growing hill of ash: any attempt to approach brings the guards out in force.

带刺铁丝网围成的篱笆和一道宽宽的壕沟保护着这座越来越高的灰土堆成的小山，任何人试图接近这里都会引来大批警卫。

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For the past year the European Union has deployed its first-ever joint naval force, named Operation Atalanta, to protect ships passing in and out of the Red Sea on their way from or to the Suez canal.

在过去的一年里，欧盟组建了第一支联合海军舰队——亚特兰大行动，保护由经苏伊士运河进出红海的船只。

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"But in some other places they took their kids out of public schools and put them in Islamic schools to protect them."

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So anyone who has to live in this region and has to stay there and protect our interests year in, year out, does not look at this as a start and end, as an exit strategy, as a two-year tenure.

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Rich or middle class, there is a way to protect capital and not lose out on the upside in this current, lackluster environment.

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