So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.

男孩锯下树干，造了一条船。

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So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a very long long time.

你能给我一艘船么”“用我的树干造船吧，你可以去远方，好好娱乐下”男孩砍到树干造了船，男孩去航海了，很久没有露面过。

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They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.

他们把这棵树上的枯枝全都砍掉了。

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The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

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John took out his axe and cut down the tree.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

Can't he see that it's not right for him to cut down the tree that gives him, and his kind, such benevolent shade?

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The tree is cut down one day in November during a ceremony in which the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the British ambassador to Norway and the Mayor of Oslo take active part.

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