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Can you pass the read, please? Annie? And the butter? What did you say, David? I just wanted a bit of bread and butter that’s all. It doesn’t matter. Do you know how many calories there are in a p

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It's the Hand's tourney that's the cause of all the trouble, my lords, the Commander of the City Watch complained to the king's council. 诸位大人，这些麻烦都是首相的比武大会带来的。都城守备队的司令官向御前会议抱怨。

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The guards smiled at him from their niches as he wound his way down the turret stair, carrying the sword in his good hand. 他佩着宝剑走下高塔楼梯，站在壁龛里的守卫微笑着看他。 Sweet steel, one man said. 真是把好剑。其中