But if the North refused a peaceful separation, then the South would be faced with the choice of surrender or fight.

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She, in her place, refused him any help, With the least stiffening of her neck in silence.

她在那里，拒绝了他的帮助，她安静下来，肢体僵硬。

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Because even in the Clinton Administration, around 1997, after we refused to vote for the International Criminal Court.

因为即使在克林顿执政期间，大约在1997年左右，在我们拒绝,给国际刑事法庭投票之后。

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The authority refused the offer of a council tax freeze grant from government.

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But the PA refused the request and instead buried her in record time.

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Not satisfied with the judgment, the author refused the damages and appealed to the Supreme Court, where again he lost.

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