At first the border guards tried to check passports, but they quickly realized it was futile.

刚开始，边境的守卫还试图检查护照，但他们很快发现这是徒劳的。

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Some of the border guards, who had patrolled the barrier day in day out, saw it as a provocation.

一些日夜在此巡逻的边防兵，将这视为一种挑衅。

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He was never able to get past the border guards.

他从未能够通过边防哨兵的检查。

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Hundreds of the border guards remain in hiding, amid a government vow to swiftly punish those responsible for the killings.

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She has called the lethal mutiny by the border guards a pre-planned conspiracy to try to sabotage her agenda to make Bangladesh a stable secular democracy.

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The group's South Asia researcher, Meenkashi Ganguly,in Mumbai, says the raw emotions are understandable among army soldiers, but that should not be an excuse to take revenge on the border guards.

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Overnight, the border guards, once arrogant and nasty, had become friendly and courteous.

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General Andrei Nikolaev, the border guards' head, could be won over by asking him to be chief of the new-look general staff.

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Suspicion and tension are written on the faces of the border guards.

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