He set his house on fire before he took to flight.

他逃跑前，放火烧了自己的房子。

youdao

The despot set his house on fire before he took to flight.

恶霸逃跑前，放火烧了自己的房子。

youdao

The entrance to the village was barricaded, but at the first volley of Prussian canister, all took to flight again, and Lobau was taken.

在进村子处设了防御工事，但是普鲁士的弹片一飞，大家全又逃散了，于是罗博就缚。

youdao

I have to believe that the bulk of the killing took place on the flight and so that's why that works out.

但我相信,惨重的伤亡会在逃跑时出现,这就是为什么会算出那么惨重的伤亡数字

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His father was a democrat in czarist Russia, and he was quite a reformer. At the time that the Bolsheviks took over in 1919, there was a brief window of time prior to the family's flight.

他的父亲在沙皇俄国是一个民主党人，他是一个改革家，当时布尔什维克党在1919年统治者俄国,他们家在那之后很快就离开俄国。

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As a result, many people have no idea whether their loved ones were killed or took flight to other cities.

CNN: The story

Investigators believe Magnotta killed Lin on May 24 or May 25, posted the video, then took a flight to France on May 26.

CNN: Human remains sent to schools in Canada

We took a flight to Miami, then a puddle-jumper direct to Treasure Cay, one of the largest and most developed of the Abaco Islands.

BBC: Lobster diving in the Abacos