He looked at her in mystification.

他困惑地看着她。

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B in fact, it's even a question whether a is a, but it's certainly not b, right? This much we know. In the grammatical sense there is no sort of mystification about the metaphor.

实际上，人们甚至对A是不是A都有疑问，但肯定不是，是吧，我们都知道这点，而从语法的角度来看，并没有像暗喻一样的神秘化。

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The result, of course, was that the young girl who was the centre of this elaborate system of mystification remained the more inscrutable for her very frankness and assurance.

其结果必然是，处于精心策划的神秘体制中心的年轻姑娘因为坦诚与自信反而越发不可思议。

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Many in the US and Europe have expressed surprise and indeed mystification about Avigdor Lieberman and his Israel Beiteinu party's strong third place showing in last month's elections.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Umm el-Fahm and liberal democracy