Soon they found they were surrounded by swarms of enemies. But the soldiers would rather die than surrender.

很快他们发现他们被一群群的敌人包围，但士兵们宁死不投降。

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We on the other hand will remove our "enemies" to safety rather than kill or wound them.

在另一方面，我们将清理我们的“敌人”，以安全的方式，而不是杀害或者伤害他们。

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You can turn an ailing relationship around with food this week, as you both realize you'd rather be friends than enemies.

你或许会和你所吃的食物变得不那么相容，但是你同样知道你和你的食物最好是朋友而不是敌人。

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It might well be that the people who won those wars,internal wars, would have been glad to send them away rather than to have these discontented people and these folks who were their enemies hanging around town and making trouble.

很可能,赢得这些战争和内战的人,比起留下这些不满的民众,让敌人在四周游窜制造麻烦,更愿意打发他们离开

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But rather than slaying enemies left and right, he power-leveled with the adrenaline-deficient task of crafting.

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But maybe the Bank felt that this would provoke, rather than mollify, its enemies.

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Because Connor is fighting a completely different war (one against the Templars) than the combatants around him, some of his enemies happen to be dressed in blue rather than red.

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