One of her fists was being clenched tightly as if by so doing she could squeeze her question clear out for the boy.

那女生，急得满脸通红，一手用力地攥拳，好像这样一攥，就能把自己的话给清楚地挤出来。

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Death rates may not have been so dire if the reefs were not overstressed by other things humans are doing — again, we'll never know.

我们又一次永远也不知道如果没有人类的过度活动，珊瑚礁是不是还会有这样惊人的死亡率。

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By doing so, the requester is asking if the service has any pending messages for delivery.

通过这样做，实际上是请求方在询问服务是否有任何未决消息需要交付。

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"If we are to defeat this vicious insurgency and by doing so make Britain and the world a safer place, then we must persist with our operations in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

But many Indonesians might be persuaded to pay, if by doing so they could get the armed forces out of politics.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

Perhaps out of some irrational impulse he is trying to destroy the microphone as if by doing so he can erase the evidence it has collected.

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Self-reporting is another possible example, especially if, by doing so, companies send the right message to the regulators, who, in turn, reduce any fines they see fit to levy.

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