Whether Gadamer means that when he speaks of gap or whether he simply means an abyss or a distance to be crossed I couldn't say.

当葛达玛说到间隙时是那个意思,还是仅仅认为它是需要跨越的一个深渊或者一段距离,我不能确定。

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And so when I came back to the United States, I couldn't...

所以，当我回到美国后，我不可能……

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I'm sure he will stop eating too much sugar, but why couldn't you tell him this a month ago, ?" when I came all the way here?"

我肯定他不会再吃太多糖，但为什么不在一个月前告诉他，在我长途赶来的时候“

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