She struck one match against the wall, and held her hands over the flame.

她在墙上划了一根火柴，双手捂住火苗。

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So, using a candle in the room I placed my spoon over the flame and waited to see if it heated up.

所以，我用了根房间里的蜡烛，把我的勺子置于火焰之上，等着看麦片是不是被加热了。

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Moments later, Michael sterilizes the razor blade by holding it over the flame of a cigarette lighter.

过了一会，Michael用打火机点着的火为剃刀片消毒。

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Similarly, over the last 30 years flame-retardant chemicals known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been widely used, although little is known about their broader effects.

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China's long-term strategy for Taiwan is sometimes likened to boiling a frog in water, over a flame so low the frog does not feel it.

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Pinault owns 2, 000-plus pieces by upward of 80 artists, from Picasso and Mondrian to new talents, like the 33-year-old Swiss-born Urs Fischer, whose flame-color raindrops sculpture cascades over the Palazzo Grassi's central staircase.

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