Traffic was heavy and cars were closing up behind each other.

交通拥挤不堪，汽车一辆紧挨一辆地前行。

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My eyes were closing.

我渐渐闭上了眼睛。

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The walls of anti-Semitism were closing in.

犹太人的铺子关闭了。

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They were disappointed with decisions like sending more troops to Afghanistan and not closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.

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And we were walking through just as they were closing up

当他们快关门的时候，我们碰巧经过，

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To receive in the closing pages of your book one word of recognition for this aspiration, if it were possible for you to give such recognition honestly, would hearten all who believe in American ideals.

其实，在座的很多人,也认同这个，如果我们所有人都持有这种理想,并让其作为星星之火，得以燎原的话,那美国式的理想。

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Last week Borders officially announced that they declared bankruptcy and were closing 250 stores.

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In 2010, physicists at Fermilab said they were closing in on the elusive particle.

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Authorities say Mayes fatally shot himself as law enforcement officers were closing in on him.

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