This Words and Their Stories was written by Jerilyn Watson, I'm Susan Clark.

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This is the first instance in which Richard will do what he later describes Mencken doing, using words as weapons.

如同门肯后来所做的,语言第一次被理查当作武器。

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What if we were to take this electron and send it over to here, in other words, engage in electron transfer.

如果我们得到这个电子,并把它放在这里，换句话说，我们做一个电子传送。

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Before this tragedy words like "danger", "extreme", "on the edge" seemed part of the appeal of this edition of the America's Cup.

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This is just words and a few diagrams at this stage, mind, but if the patent gets granted, we could eventually see such a feature added to Samsung's smartphones or Galaxy cameras.

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These include a feature which learns the words and phrases the owner most often types and then uses this to suggest words which float above the keyboard and can be flicked into place.

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