One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner.

一个圣诞夜，斯克鲁奇看到了他死去的商业伙伴雅各布·马利的鬼魂。

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No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.

没人执行，该法律即成一纸空文。

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About one quarter of the presumed dead are still considered missing persons, never to be heard from again.

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Burying the dead makes one ritually impure, but God commands proper care of the dead.

埋葬死者导致仪式上的不洁，尽管上帝要求我们合理地照看死者。

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It's a wonderful clarinet solo by someone named Johnny Dodds long dead of course- but it's one of the most beautiful, incredible clarinet solos you'll ever want to hear.

这是一段由强尼·多兹演奏的单簧管独奏,当然他去世很久了,但这是一段最美妙且无与伦比的,单簧管独奏,你非听不可

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The dead one is Al Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

Five children were among the dead and one UK national is known to have died.

BBC: Hong Kong mourns victims of Lamma Island boat collision

During the same expedition, the scientists sent one dead specimen to the Natural History Museum in London.

BBC: Earth News - New carnivorous mammal species found in Madagascar