Any of them might kill him if they knew they couldn't take him. But they would try to take him first.

那些国家都知道要是得不到他就一定要置他于死地，不过他们更愿意先试着抓他。

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She hadn't meant to kill him. Would they believe her?

应该叫警察，她并不想害他，可是警察会相信吗？

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Since the bandits had not despatched him at once, he felt that they would not kill him at all.

那些强盗既然不想立刻结果他的性命，那么他认为他们根本不想杀他。

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But only their senior abbot could do this and he told the soldiers they would have to kill him first.

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