by the great

The cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1136 AD.

这座大教堂被公元1136年的大火烧毁了。

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These developments were made worse by the Great Depression, which began in 1929 and extended throughout the 1930s.

始于1929年并贯穿了整个20世纪30年代的经济大萧条让这些发展变得更加困难。

Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

本世纪只有7人被大白鲨——也就是电影中所谓的食人鲨——杀死，比被蜜蜂蛰死的人还少。