The executioner went off like an arrow.

刽子手像离弦之箭一样离开了。

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"She's in prison," the Queen said to the executioner, "fetch her here."

“她在监狱里，”王后对刽子手说，“把她带过来。”

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"I'll fetch the executioner myself," said the King eagerly, and he hurried off.

“我自己去找刽子手来。”国王急切地说，连忙走开了。

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Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

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"Leontius "Leontius," he writes, "was proceeding from the Piraeus outside the north wall when he perceived corpses lying near the public executioner.

柏拉图写到，从皮里亚斯,走出北侧墙外,他感受到尸体,躺在刽子手的周围。

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The executioner must have arrived a good ten minutes ago, and he, Atiq, is still dawdling in the streets.

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But when Bertarido hears Unulfo approaching, he assumes it's the executioner.

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