A night out in Old Shanghai should begin on the quiet tree-lined streets of the former French Concession, a swath of land not far from the Huangpu River.

夜游上海老城区，首选从先前法租界安静的林荫道开始。先前的法租界所在地距离黄浦江没有多远。

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So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his kingdom: and the land was quiet before him.

德默特琉王于是又坐上王位，国家在他统治下又安定了。

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And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

国民都欢乐，合城都安静。众人已将亚他利雅在王宫那里用刀杀了。

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Colony is a Latin word ultimately for colonia and the Roman colonies were, first of all,garrisons that they planted in land they had conquered to keep the people quiet.

殖民地是拉丁词Colony的衍生,对于古罗马的殖民地来说,首先,派兵驻守占领的城市,震慑当地民众

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It's a relatively quiet day in committee-land, with even more on the Civil Service at the Public Administration Committee at 9.30am.

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Every available spot of land is taken by a tent, and the usually quiet single road in and out of town can be backed up for hours before, during and after the holiday.

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