It was feared they could break the Allies' codes.

只怕他们能破解盟军的密码。

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A very large lobster could break your finger.

一只非常大的龙虾可能会弄断你的手指。

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How do you take plant fibers that individually you could break with your hands and turn them into a rope that's strong enough to moor a ship that weighs thousands of tons?

你如何将植物纤维一个个地用手折断，然后把它们变成一根足够结实到可以系住一艘重达数千吨的船的绳子呢？

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He was sure the line was weak. He was sure he could break it.

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As long as it's reversible, you know what the efficiency has to be, and in principle, you could break it down into a bunch of steps that you could formulate as isothermal and adiabatic.

只要这个循环过程是可逆的，你们知道效率是多少，从理论上说，可以将总过程,分解成一系列绝热,和等温的小过程。

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So, you could break even if you were very clever about it, and that's pretty neat.

所以如果你非常聪明,你就能做到“保本“,这听起来似乎很棒。

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In other words, TJS could break the law or enable others to do so.

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But Kindler presented the board with a vision of how Pfizer could break with the past.

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The result is a smooth drag with no hitches that could break off a fleeing fish.

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