There is no opening in the reef and the lugger had to anchor a mile from the shore.

礁脉上也没有缺口，采珠船只能在离岸一英里处抛锚。

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When I awoke, next morning, the sea was clam, and I could see the ship about a mile from the shore; and when the tide ebbed, I swam out to her.

当我醒来，第二天早上，海蛤是，我能看见从岸边约一公里的船，而当潮水退去，我游出了她。

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Sato, the mayor, said he and other town employees rushed to watch the approaching wave from the roof, which at three stories high and a half-mile from the shore seemed safely out of harm's way.

市政厅屋顶有三层楼高，离海岸有七八百米的间隔，似乎是个可以躲开灾难的安全场所。

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Nerys Sanders, coastguard watch assistant at Swansea Coastguards, said staff at the base near Mumbles lighthouse first saw about 60 or 70 of the dark blue-grey whales about half a mile from the shore.

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Under the proposal, the Coast Guard would be able to patrol waters 12 miles from the U.S. shore, as compared to the current 3-mile limit.

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Henson was born on June 15, 1789, on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, on a farm belonging to Francis Newman, about a mile from Port Tobacco.

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