Up to a thousand prisoners may beontheloose inside the jail.
多达一千名的囚犯可能在监狱里行动自由。
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The large securing nuts onthe left side are loose and need to be repaired or replaced.
左侧较大的紧固螺母松动,需要修理或更换。
3
Armageddon wouldn't bethe same without killer robots on the loose, but if the robots rose up against us today they wouldn't get too far with their uprising.