After so long without any word from David, Mary was starting to lose hope.

很长时间没有大卫的消息，玛丽开始失去希望。

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He discovered a grave, a monument without any word, around which many roses were in bloom. The boy felt it was strange.

男孩发现了一座坟墓，无字碑后开满了玖瑰花，男孩很奇怪。

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The next morning, the manager of the park found a male corpse. The man lay peacefully upon the grave, leaning quietly beside the altar behind the monument without any word.

第二天早上，公园的管理人员发现了一具男尸，那个男人安详的躺在了那座坟墓上，静静的依着无字碑后的花坛。

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The Microsoft-owned messaging platform has started testing what amounts to a video voicemail feature on OS X, Android and iOS, something that had already been hinted at in its updated TOS. Why those operating systems at first, without any word about Windows or Windows Phone, we're unsure.

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Then, without any explanation, word suddenly spread that the Georgian army was retreating from Gori.

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In the simplest form, it is just a word without the need to follow any strict taxonomy or definition.

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