She would wither and flicker out like a candle .

她会象烛光似的越来越黯淡和微弱。

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Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out.

每当新的反抗苗头出现时，政府就迅速将其扑灭。

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I trusted and valued that flicker of unease, and I wanted to feel it play out more, to see Donoghue go deeper into the mucky, messy territory of growth.

我信赖同时也珍视这一让人不安的片段，我想更多的感受和玩味，看看多诺霍更加深入那些关于成长的晦暗，混乱的领域。

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Shakhtar were allowed one flicker of hope when Iniesta picked up a booking for encroachment that rules him out of the second leg and, when the free-kick was eventually taken, Rakitskiy beat a batch of Barca players to the ball and sent it past Valdes.

BBC: Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk