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1. North korea 's nuclear test was a damp squib in market terms .

北朝的核实验对于市场而言，也不过是一枚哑炮而已。

2. Trivia : apparently neville 's family were worried that he was a " squib " ( a non-magical member of a wizarding family ) but were proved wrong when his uncle dropped him out a window and he miraculously bounced .

花絮：neville的家人曾担心他是个哑炮（巫师家庭中出生的没有魔法的成员），直到他的叔叔把他丢出窗户后他神奇的反弹回来大家才松了一口气。

3. After months of protests during which over 1400 civilians as well as several hundred soldiers and police have been killed , with whole towns fleeing across the turkish border and international condemnation raining down on his regime , bashar assad 's speech on monday june 20th was a damp squib .

抗议活动持续数月，已有超过1400名平民及数百军人和警察被杀，随着与土耳其边境接壤的整座整座城镇的居民陆续逃亡及来自国际社会的谴责雨点般砸向其政权，巴沙尔阿萨德在周一的演讲只是一个哑炮而已。

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