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Decoding Liberty
此时相望不相闻 愿逐月华流照君 鸿雁长飞光不度 鱼龙潜跃水成文 At this time with similar hopes but dissimilar newsWilling to chase the moonlight, flowing flashing lordthe…
天龙之女的名字是自由
the divine dragon’s daughter is named Freedom.
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老百姓要求政治开放 (开放:解放)
老百姓 laobaixing means “the people”. Laobaixing literally means “old 100 family-names” i.e. the denizens. 要求 yaoqiu means request require ask…
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A diplomatic alternative is often preferential to a combative choice. In other words: poise is often preferable to voice.
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妖就是妖！
Man. Devil. Demon.
人魔妖 I might write another supplement for my dictionary.
曾经有个人告诉过我 做人或是做妖 这取决于自己的心 人魔妖 最大的区别 这是在于心
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Once upon a time there was a loud loud lesbian. She was a nervous nelly! She was simply so scared!…
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Examines the generative grammar hypothesis from the perspective of animal language.
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I am learning Chinese and would like to find a bi-lingual parallel hypertext of Sun Tzu or Mao Zedong in…
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Law school is like a pleasant walk in the woods, a real picnic. Except, there is a murder in the…
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Noam Chomsky was originally a linguist. He made himself famous arguing for a theory of a universal generative grammar. For…
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