They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met.

他们威胁说，如果要求得不到满足就拿起武器对抗政府。

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But if any of you attempt to sabotage our resistance or take up arms against us within this castle, then, Horace, we duel to kill.

但如果你们有谁想破坏抵抗活动，或在城堡内部拿起武器跟我们对抗，那么，霍拉斯，我们将决一死战。

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The foundations of the Sisters of the Sightless Eye were rocked when their own became tainted and began to take up arms against the surviving Rogues.

当她们开始堕落，并攻击还存活的萝格们时，盲目之眼姊妹会的建立已被动摇。

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Then, in 2011, as Libyans began to take up arms against the dictator, Clinton tapped him for another role.

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Both lads say they would never take up arms against each other, yet both say they would happily die for their cause.

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He says detailed research shows most detainees at Bucca got family permission to take up arms against Americans so they could make money.

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