Russia's atrocities in Chechnya go back to the 19th century, when the diminutive but oil-rich region was annexed to the Czarist Empire after a bloody campaign of colonization.

俄罗斯在车臣的暴行可以追溯到19世纪，在一场血腥的殖民运动之后，这个面积小但石油丰富的地区被并入了沙皇帝国。

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For Dallas, the diminutive J. J. Barea, who is 6-feet, has arisen as a key cog.

达拉斯这边，巴里亚这个只有6尺高的小个子已经俨然成为球队的关键一环。

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That became musca in Latin, then the diminutive muschetta and ultimately—by now a weapon, not a projectile—musket.

这个词（mice）在拉丁语中写作“musca（苍蝇）”，加上后缀又变成“muschetta”，最后演变成“musket”——滑膛枪，一种兵器而不是弹射装置。

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She is in chains, and just because it's ornament just because it has the diminutive, doesn't mean that it's not a chain.

她被带上了“小“链子，它的“小“,或“装饰性“都不能改变它是一条锁链这个事实。

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