你可能要安排修理和财产处理纠纷，但残而不直线收入。

You may have to arrange repairs to the property and handle disputes but it is residual rather than linear income.

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这些村庄直线距离相隔不超过一英里。

The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies.

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可以背靠墙来检查身体是否排成直线。站立，后脚跟、骶骨和肩胛骨接触墙面。(后脑不接触墙。)

You can check your alignment in this pose with your back against a wall. Stand with the backs of your heels, sacrum, and shoulder blades (but not the back of your head) touching the wall.

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Any genuinely new trend is a knight's move. I just remind you, in chess the knight doesn't move in a straight line.

所以，任何新趋势都是迂回前进，我只是提醒大家一下，在国际象棋中马是不走直线的。

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So, you can confirm that for yourself at home, but in fact, if I draw a straight line, this will actually be correct.

你要是不信回去自己验证一下,事实上我画成直线,是绝对正确的

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So the knight, far from going on a straight course, surprises you.

所以马，不像其他走直线的棋子，它会给你出其不意的惊喜。

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