So long as, with reasonable success, I can impersonate "Joyce Carol Oates," it is not the case that I am dead and done for-yet.

只要我能扮演好“乔伊斯·卡洛尔·欧茨”，取得一定的成绩，我还不需担心自己会死或者垮掉——至少目前如此。

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That now seems probable, despite Mr Brown’s initial, indefensible preference for a closed version: with Mr Bush departed and Saddam dead, the case for privacy was always piffling.

这样的公开调查现在看来很可能要进行了，尽管布朗开始倾向于不公开调查：随着布什卸任和萨拉姆被绞死，隐私这一因素变得微不足道了。

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Investigation revealed that the case had close contact with dead poultry and was involved in slaughtering sick birds.

调查显示，病人与死禽有过密切接触，并曾参与宰杀过病禽。

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And just in case the assumptions are not true, we're just going to stop dead in our tracks.

验证下假设条件，万一传递的参数。

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One report said that the doctor shot dead was a complainant in the case.

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