Unable to drink from water trapped by tree leaves, she would have had to venture down to the lake to drink. This would have proved to be a fateful decision.

虽然她幸免不死，但她的攀爬能力遭到严重损害，从此无法再喝树叶上所聚集的水了，她被迫冒险去湖边喝水，这也注定了她劫数难逃。

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If I wait much longer, it will be too late, too close to that fateful time of decision on whether or not to become a partner.

如果再等一段时间再决定是否继续做这个合伙人，那将为时太晚了。

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But it was a fateful decision for the Maccabees with dreadful consequences for religious freedom.

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