The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting.

给我定下的条件没有太大的限制性。

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Arrows would continue to fly forward forever in a straight line were it not for gravity, which brings them down to earth.

要不是重力使箭掉落地上，它将会一直沿直线往前飞行。

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Lifts stopped working, so that even if you were lucky enough not to be trapped between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way down hundreds of flights of stairs.

电梯停止了工作，所以即使你足够幸运没有被困在两层楼之间，你也要经历一项艰难的任务，要找到通往下几百层楼的路。

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If the lead climber were injured in a fall from any higher up, the belayer could not get him down.

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We were going down all the time because of it, because we could not see what was happening.

因此，我们的业绩一路下滑，也因为我们无法预测会发生什么。

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These Germanic and other tribes, who were largely located north and northeast of Europe, came down--I should say not Europe, but the Roman Empire-- came down and ultimately destroyed it by invasion.

那些日耳曼部落和其他部落,主要位于欧洲北部和东北部,的入侵,我应该说不是位于欧洲,而是位于罗马帝国,入侵并且完全摧毁了罗马帝国

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Mrs Hofmeister said although they were not intentionally taken down, she did not think the plaques were looked at when they were removed.

BBC: Commemorative plaques in Taunton removed in error

However, the bank said its problems were not purely down to factors outside its control.

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But Hadoop still is bound by the fact that its roots were not put down to serve its current market.

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