before the deluge

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His last letter to the king of France, on July 28th, just before the invasion, threatened “a deluge of human blood”.
7月28日，他在寫給法國皇帝的最後一封信中，威脇要“血流成河流”。
“They gambled that they could keep adding to their risky positions and still sell them out before the deluge, ” he wrote.
“他們是一幫賭徒，認爲自己可以持續不斷地冒險，而且還可以在災難來臨之前全身而退，”他寫道。
Before 400 guests – but not before a media deluge – former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton and longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky tied the knot July 31 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
七月三十一日，在四百名賓客的共同見証下，在紐約附近遠離喧囂的小鎮上，前第一女兒切爾西尅林頓和男友馬尅梅玆文斯基喜結連理！
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