Someone else is pulling the strings.

有人在背后拉线操纵。

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I know what they're doing and who's pulling the strings.

我知道他们在干什么，谁在幕后操纵。

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But who is really pulling the strings of this sudden onslaught against Iron Man?

但谁是真正拉动这对铁人突然袭击的琴弦？

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We need something to be pulling the strings, to be directing the body.

应该是有什么在发出指令,引导肉体活动

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And so if we wanted to do this here, it's again, the same thing we're just now pulling back this layer and calling them char *s not actually strings.

如果我们想要在这里这样做，再次，我们撤销这一层,把它们叫做char，*s，实际上不是字符串。

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But with French full-back Patrice Evra marauding down the left, and Scholes pulling the strings, United were dominant.

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Are union opponents of immigration reform still pulling the strings of some Democrats?

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Is Microsoft pulling the strings, or has the Redmond, Wa. company truly struck a cord with developers and consumers?

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