There was an explosion and the whole sky lit up.

一声爆炸照亮了整个天空。

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A few years ago there was an explosion of talent competitions.

几年前，选秀才艺大赛泛滥一时。

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During the course of development of 2.5, there was an explosion of kernel trees.

在2.5的开发期间，内核树出现了爆炸式的增长。

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There was some evidence the explosion was caused by an accident in the ship's fuel tanks.

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And unfortunately some chemicals there that fell together there and ended up causing bit of an explosion, which was a sad event.

很不幸,有些化学药品跌落在了一起,结果引起了爆炸，十分遗憾。

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For a brief time, it was believed that there was an explosion at the John F.

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At Dries Van Noten, there was an explosion of psychedelic prints splashed on coats, pants and shirts.

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He came out and was told there was an explosion and then he saw people being taken to the hospital in ambulances.

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