lightning bug

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
正確的詞語(yǔ)和幾乎正確的詞語(yǔ)之間的差別就好像閃電和螢火蟲的差別一樣。
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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug .
用詞準(zhǔn)確與用詞幾乎準(zhǔn)確，這兩者之間的差異就如閃電與螢火蟲之間的差異。
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
準(zhǔn)確的詞滙和幾乎準(zhǔn)確的詞滙之間的區(qū)別就像燈和螢火蟲的差別。

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