He thought, "is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead?"

他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢？

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The other inspiration lay in old legends about heroes, which often claimed the hero wasn't really dead, but only sleeping and would awaken to save the day when the need was greatest.

另外的灵感源于古老的英雄传说，那些传说常常声称英雄并非真正过世了，而只是沉眠不起，等待着在最需要他时醒来。

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I'm really dead on my feet tonight: we had the big year-end sale on and I was so busy I didn't even have time for lunch.

我今天两只脚真的站也站不住了：我们今天是大型的年终销售，我很忙都没时间吃午饭。

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But if death means permanent cessation of P-functioning, then it turns out the dead weren't really dead after all.

但如果死亡指的是人格功能性的永久停止，那就说明死者并非死去。

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It's really just the result of the virus dividing within cells of your skin, and producing a lot of dead cells.

这便是病毒在皮肤细胞内部,分裂的结果,这个过程会产生大量的死亡细胞

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Even there, a horse is not really a rigid body, unless it's been dead for a long time.

马甚至都不是真正的刚体,除非是死了很长时间了

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Is software really dead?

FORBES: Partly Cloudy (for as far as the eye can see)

The tone and plethora of unanswered questions (again, is the Joker really dead and how does that work?) may prevent this issue from being as solid as the rest, but the fact that it makes me want to see more of Harley and Green Arrow speaks volumes for it.

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That raises the question of whether cronyism really is dead, or whether fresh cronies are popping up to take the old ones' places.

ECONOMIST: The big clean-up