太长的句子会占用昂贵的空间，而这些空间可以被更好地用于暴力和无情的人。

Too long a sentence will take up costly space better used for the violent and unremorseful.

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太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安。

A long tale gives a child fidgets.

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不过骑兵却准备了太长的时间。

But the cavalry took too long to prepare.

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Whatever excitement they may have entailed in the long run, we feel as we wake up that they go on too long.

因为任何刺激的情节放在这么长的梦里，我们醒来都会觉得持续得太久了。

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But there's usually always massive queue because it's that good.

但是那儿通常要排很长的队，因为它太好了。

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We're exhausting all possibilities. And then choosing the winner. Well, that's what the slow thief tried. Unfortunately it took so long that before he finished the owner returned home, called the police and the thief ended up in jail.

我们穷举了所有可能方案,然后选择最优方案,这就是动作慢的贼的方案,不幸的是它在失主回家之前，要花上了太长的时间。

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