I think it's the political implications of this missile test that are noteworthy-and that is that Iran views the talks as dead-it doesn't view the talks positively, and now it's bracing for sanctions and quite possibly for war, and this missile test is a sign that Iran takes the military option very seriously and is ready to reciprocate if it's attacked."

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Now this--as you think about it, you say to yourself, That's all very bracing and daring but Veselovsky is right.

现在你也许会暗自认为，嗯，这观点很新鲜大胆，但是什克洛夫斯基是对的。

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Almost from the beginning, but increasingly during the twenties, they turned their attention to the problems of literary historiography, and they said some rather bracing things about it.

从一开始，特别是20世纪中，他们越发重视文学历史编撰学，他们提出过一些相当让人振奋的建议。

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Well in C and many similar languages, you have to implement that same bracing structure with your keyboard using an open curly brace and a closed curly brace, so a tiny little detail.

在C语言和一些类似的编程语言中,你也必须搭建同样的架构,同样也得注意前大括号啊,后大括号啊等等这些细节问题。

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