It was feared they could break the Allies' codes.

只怕他们能破解盟军的密码。

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His parents were very angry and told him several times not to play football at home because he could break something, but he never listened.

他的父母非常生气，并多次告诉他不要在家里踢足球，因为他可能会打破东西，但他从不听。

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A very large lobster could break your finger.

一只非常大的龙虾可能会弄断你的手指。

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He was sure the line was weak. He was sure he could break it.

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As long as it's reversible, you know what the efficiency has to be, and in principle, you could break it down into a bunch of steps that you could formulate as isothermal and adiabatic.

只要这个循环过程是可逆的，你们知道效率是多少，从理论上说，可以将总过程,分解成一系列绝热,和等温的小过程。

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So, you could break even if you were very clever about it, and that's pretty neat.

所以如果你非常聪明,你就能做到“保本“,这听起来似乎很棒。

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You thought you could break up my marriage and move in, but you were wrong.

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In other words, TJS could break the law or enable others to do so.

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But Kindler presented the board with a vision of how Pfizer could break with the past.

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