But he fears that could all be coming to an end as the massive oil slick from the Deep Water Horizon drilling rig creeps toward the coast.

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Truth always creeps through all of our language it doesn't always but sometimes creeps through our language, doesn't it?

真相往往隐藏在我们所说的每一句话里,不是经常也是偶尔,隐藏在我们的话语中,不是吗

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She can hear when the ambiguity creeps in between the words, and that tells her that she needs to find something out.

当这些含糊的东西，出现在字里行间，她能够听到它们并且感觉自己需要发现些什么。

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