That arrest led to Rwanda asking the German government to recall its ambassador, seriously straining relations between the two countries.

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That is the punishment for the sin of seeking knowledge of good and evil and therefore of straining for divinity.

这就是为了获得区分善恶的知识,企图成为神灵,而受到的惩罚

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So, again, it is based on size, it's a little bit less intuitive than the idea of just straining out all of the potassium ions.

因此，这还是以尺寸为基础的，只是有点不够直观,与钾离子挤不进去的图像相比。

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At there they were just straining along, because he was so entertaining.

他们一直不给他钱，因为他太搞笑了。

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