When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated.

当一对夫妇被一个侵入者劫为人质时，一桩简单的入室抢劫变得复杂。

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The incident may well have been a simple attempted robbery.

这次事故极有可能是一次普通的有预谋的抢劫。

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Police think they are handling a common robbery, but it seems not so simple as it looks.

警方认为他们在处理一起平常的抢劫案，可是事情并非初看上去那么简单。

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Germont said. "It is a very simple case of robbery.

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Many forces abetted the confusion over this very simple if horrible crime, which was almost surely a robbery gone wrong.

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