A single act of rebellion or disobedience was often enough to seal a woman's fate.

仅一次反抗或不服从的行为在以前就往往足以决定一个女人的命运。

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Geologists had already deemed her home town to be one of the places unlikely to be rebuilt, and Tuesday's flooding appeared to seal its fate.

地质学家们已经认定她的家乡不可能重建，周二的洪水似乎也决定了陈家坝的命运。

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A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine | but the more they try to change the future | the more they seal their fate.

一群年轻的朋友在一个废弃的矿山做一个不可理解的发现但他们试图改变未来的越多|他们封住他们的命运越多。

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It would surely seal the fate of Mr Eichel.

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In what was effectively the match that decided the fate of the championship, Rushden knew that a draw would be good enough to seal top spot.

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