Very slowly, Mary put her head on the block.

慢慢地，慢慢地，玛丽将头放在了木台上。

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In this difficult environment, missteps that might have been tolerated in rosier times can put a boss's head on the block.

在这样的环境里，过去大好年代里能容忍下来的不当做法如今却能将老板拉下马，逼其重新找东家。

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Three were hit by shotgun pellets, and a female officer was badly hurt when a concrete block struck her on the head.

其中3名被散弹枪击中，一名女警官被一块混凝土砖砸到头部受重伤。

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If the Supreme Court rules against the general, the head on the block could in theory be the general's rather than Mr Sharif's.

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It may not impress the voters either who might argue that your head is either on the block - or frankly, nowhere near it.

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"As soon as there's conflict there, it'll come to a head eventually and if it comes to a head then it'll be the manager's head that'll be on the chopping block, " Duffy told BBC Scotland.

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