The reading room held many students, as well as a few time killers.

阅览室有许多学生，也有一些消磨时间的人。

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Amy's father died shortly after that trip, but Amy's mother returned to South Africa yet again, this time to forgive one of the four killers, a man named Ntobeko Peni.

这次旅途后不久，艾美的父亲过世了，但艾美的母亲又返回了南非，这一次是去宽恕四名凶手中的一位——一个名叫Ntobeko Peni的年轻人。

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People die from simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time in a war zone, but the killers never face consequences.

在战区，人们仅仅因为在错误的时间出现在错误的地点而失去生命，但凶手绝不会受到追究。

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Between speeches, there are quorum calls, time killers in which a Senate clerk calls the roll at the rate of one name every few minutes.

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But compared to other time-killers, she thinks the phone is a good option.

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Mobile-phone users have also taken a shine to such games as Wireless Pets (about the trials of pet ownership), as well as such tried-and-tested time-killers as Hangman and Blackjack.

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