So new words are roped in: “sick” meaning “great” is big in America, while in Britain “safe” shows signs of becoming the new “awesome”.

因此，新词就这样涌现出来了：“sick”一词在美国常被用来表达“great”之义；而在英国，“safe”有了成为新“awesome”的迹象。

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The Soviet shadow had swept across Eastern Europe, while in the West, America, Britain, and France took stock of their losses and pondered how the world might be remade.

苏联的影响已席卷东欧；而在西方，美国、英国和法国还在盘点自己的损失，并考虑如何重建这个世界。

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An ICM survey in Britain's Guardian newspaper shows 46 percent backing British involvement in Afghanistan while 47 oppose it.

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