He knelt and with his knife cut the lifeless-looking branch through, not far above the earth.

他跪下来，在离地面不远处，用他的刀向那根看上去毫无生气的树枝砍了下去。

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He knelt beside her and caught her hand in both of his.

他跪在她旁边，双手握住她的手。

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He knelt down by the hole and broke the pot from the mould.

他跪在坑边，把土外面的花盆打破。

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He knelt onto the famous Highbury turf and kissed it and a minute later Highbury was in ecstasy as news filtered through of West Ham's winner at Upton Park.

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Then he knelt beside Lance Cpl.

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He knelt by the stream and, pushing his automatic pistol around on his belt to the small of his back so that it would not be wet, he lowered himself with a hand on each of two boulders and drank from the stream.

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