The pot was sitting in a pool of water.

罐子放在水里。

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Put this bowl of water into the pot.

把这碗水放进锅里。

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Place sorghum, red beans, peanuts, and jujube in a pot, cover with water and cook to half tender.

将高粱、红豆、黄生和红枣放入锅中，加水，煮至半软烂。

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Water in the sand between the two pots evaporates through the surface of the larger pot, where drier outside air is moving.

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Drop several seeds over the surface of the pot and cover with a thin layer of vermiculite, a substance that can hold air, water and nutrients.

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The pot should have holes in the bottom so water can run out.

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Instead, it was like the proverbial frog in the heating pot of water.

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For example, they suggest you tell kids a story about what happens to crabs in a pot of water on a stove.

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Imagine the same stove and the same pot of water only this time the water is nice and cool and full of frogs.

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