But the guards, the "Giants," they were called, who guarded Frederick the Great were giants because they were six feet tall.

不过,腓特烈大帝的警卫团,只是因为身高6英尺,就被称为"巨人团"

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Voltaire went and hung out with Frederick the Great, and after a while he said, "Let me out of here."

伏尔泰曾经与腓特烈大帝来往,过了不久他便说,"我要离开"

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You've got your flute-playing king, Frederick the Great, who could be awful. He could lash out.

普鲁士的腓特烈大帝热爱音乐,他很糟糕,花钱大手大脚

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He transforms Russia into an European absolute monarchy with much in common with Frederick the Great, with Sweden, with Austria, the Austria of the Hapsburgs, with Spain, and with France.

他将俄国变成一个欧洲君主专制国家,同腓特烈大帝非常类似,也与瑞典,奥地利,哈布斯王朝的奥地利,西班牙 以及法国类似

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