The inescapable conclusion is that he was trying to avenge the death of his friend.

不可避免的结论就是他试图为他的朋友之死复仇。

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Then there was Charlotte Hope, who signed up in the 1st Virginia Cavalry to avenge the death of her fiancé, killed in a raid in 1861.

还有夏洛特·霍普，她加入弗吉尼亚第一骑兵营，是为未婚夫报仇；1861年，她未婚夫死于一次偷袭。

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When Rachel, who is trapped within the grips of a possessive boyfriend, is murdered, Mark and John make plans to avenge her death.

当瑞秋，谁是被困在一个所有的男朋友，一些是被谋杀的，标记和约翰打算报复她死。

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The movie also stars a sullen, stolid Leonardo DiCaprio as a young Irish immigrant eager to avenge the death of his father, Cameron Diaz as a prostitute and pickpocket, Liam Neeson as a fallen Irish leader, and Jim Broadbent as the corrupt political boss William Tweed.

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Jackson reduces his "Lovely Bones", in the end, to the dramatic contrast between the menace of a hateful killer (will he be caught?) and the grief of a loving father (can he avenge his daughter's death?).

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