Keep the torso above waist including the neck straight.

保持腰部以上部位及颈椎挺直。

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Their weapons are only two fists wrapped in special gloves, their attack targets are only limited to the body parts above waist.

攻防的武器只能是戴上特制手套的两只拳头，攻防的目标只限于对方腰髋以上的身体部位。

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Everything above his waist was severely burned.

他腰部以上都被严重烧伤。

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Place a closed hand over the middle of your abdomen just above your waist.

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When men gain weight they tend to distribute it above the waist, abdominal obesity, or what's called the apple shape.

当男性体重增加,他们的身体趋向于,把脂肪储存在腰间,也就是腹部肥胖,也就是我们所说的苹果形身材

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Where fat is distributed is relevant, but both men and women can have fat above the waist in what's called this abdominal obesity pattern.

脂肪的不同分布模式是有关系的,但男性和女性都会在腰以上囤积脂肪,这叫做腹部肥胖模式

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Anything below the head and above the waist is - up to a point - fair game.

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As he scampered from side to side to field grounders, I noticed that he remained perfectly still above the waist.

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At the very end he's tried to jump and his hand is just slightly above his waist but no more than that.

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