These early plants probably used something called retinal, which is a dark purple color.

这些早期的植物可能使用了一种叫做视黄醛的东西，它是一种深紫色的分子。

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The with clause is the first example where we used something other than a set to customize a graph.

with 子句是我们使用除了 set 之外的其他项来定制图的第一个例子。

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Fail—"a noun or interjection used when something is egregiously unsuccessful"—was 2009's the most useful word.

失败——“名词或感叹词，当某事非常不成功时使用”——被评为2009年最有用的单词。

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But beans are used to describe something of very little value in the expression, not worth a hill of beans.

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It can be used as a publishing medium and something that you can interact with, instead of something that is a burden to receive.

它可以用作一个发行媒介,成为你可以与之互动的东西，而不再是一个负担。

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That used to be something that was like 80s, 90s, but now it's definitely coming back.

这种曾是八九十年代的东西，现在无疑又开始流行了。

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If you were driving a car in Mario Kart, you used something that looked like a steering wheel.

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You could do that if you sliced it real thin, used something like newspaper to separate out the layers.

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Before now it was not clear whether the bacteria directly conducted an electrical charge themselves or used something else to do it.

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