Months before the war began, the Russians had shot down Georgian drones, dropped bombs on Georgian territory and brought troops into Abkhazia to reinforce its railway line.

格俄开战数月前，俄军就开始击落格军飞机、轰炸格鲁吉亚领土、进军阿布·哈兹以保证其铁路线的安全。

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The talking point of the game saw England being denied an equalising goal just minutes after, when a Frank Lampard shot from 20 metres hit the crossbar before bouncing down over the line.

关于本场比赛，值得一谈的是，就在英格兰改写比分为1-2后几分钟，兰帕德20米开外的一脚劲射击中对方大门横梁，并且反弹后越过了球门线。

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In another shot, a man is sitting on a chalk overhang which already has a very obvious fault line running down the side.

另一张照片中，一个男人坐在一块突出的白垩岩上，但这块岩石已经出现了明显的裂纹，很有可能会滑落。

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Later, Tsonga attempted a down-the-line forehand winner, a tough shot because the ball must travel over the outside of the net, which is six inches higher than the middle.

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Navarro hit a solo homer just over the basket at the wall in left-center in the second to break a 1-all tie and added a two-run shot down the left-field line off John Danks (0-1) in the fourth, with both drives coming from the right side.

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However, Blues keeper Ben Foster smartly got a hand to the ball to crucially slow down the Nigerian's left-foot shot before a sliding Ridgewell cleared off the goal-line.

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