I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.
我想我们是说到两下里去了,我根本不是那个意思。
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Proponents of talking to Syria argue that doing so would encourage it to reduce its involvement in Lebanon, loosen its ties with Iran and stop letting insurgents cross its border into Iraq.
倡与叙会谈者,谓之此举可促叙减少插手黎巴嫩之事,疏离与伊朗之关系,阻止武装者越境入伊拉克。
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You have what we call a total cross section which is the total probabilities of either scattering or absorption. These are the two phenomenon that we are talking about.