While they knew Prickles was alive, they couldn't find her and never expected her to return by herself.

尽管他们知道普里克尔斯还活着，他们依旧找不到她，也没有想到她会自己回来。

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And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.

于是，摩西回到他岳父叶忒罗那里，对他说，求你容我回去见我在埃及的弟兄，看他们还在不在。

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He than sent Ares and other bounty hunters to return Rauny to him, dead or alive.

于是亚普罗斯下令以阿雷斯为首的赏金猎人们无论死活都要把劳妮抓回来交还给他。

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Others fear some detainees could be released. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky: "Americans don't want some of the most dangerous men alive coming here or released overseas where they can return to the fight, as many other detainees who have been released from Guantanamo already have,"

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