She eulogized him virtually right up to their sudden break-up.

在他们突然分手之前，她几乎一直在称赞他。

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Every year, over 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans, and it can take up to 500 years to break down.

每年，有超过800万吨的塑料最终进入海洋，它们需要500年的时间才能分解。

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We ended up getting back together and staying together through the rest of college.But we had to break up first.

在大学剩下的时光里，最终我们还会走到一块，待在一起，但我们必须首先要彼此分开。

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He said they would rise up at the first sign of a leader who wished to break their chains.

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And that's also how people find ways to break the second law, because somehow they've messed up on what their system is.

这就说明了某些人是如何想到办法,“打破“第二定律的，因为他们以各种方式搞错了,他们的系统的定义。

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I can take a heat pack, like the kind you buy at a pharmacy. Break it up. It gets hot.

买来的热装罐在里面打破,它就变热了。

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But he said No 10 had refused to say whether Mr Cameron used the phrase "make up or break up" during the 45-minute conversation.

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Henson has spoken to BBC Wales' Scrum V rugby programme and opened up about the break up of their relationship.

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Often "we would be leaving right as the police were pulling up to break us up, " says Mr. Wasik, the flash-mob pioneer.

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