We were getting thrown out of it all night and somehow finding it again in the pitch dark. I'm not just talking about three or four flips; I'm talking about all night long for hours and hours.

筏子里根本没有压仓的重物，我们被不停的抛出来，然后又在一片漆黑中重新摸索到救生筏上，这样的颠簸不是三四次就完事了，而是整整持续了一个晚上。

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The accident happened on a pitch-dark night, moonless and starless.

事故发生在一个漆黑的，没有月亮，也没有星星的夜晚。

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On a pitch-dark night, a monk seeking the real Buddha was walking in a desolate village.

一个漆黑的夜晚，一位远行寻佛的和尚走进一个荒僻的村落。

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The closer they got to Poway, the thick cloud of smoke turned the sky as dark as pitch black night.

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The night was dark as pitch or coal.

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