It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain; and our place of meeting had been fixed at the guide-stone, by the crossroads.

那是一个郁闷酷热的日子，没有阳光，天上却阴霾不雨；我们相见的地点约定在十字路口的指路碑那儿。

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And so — like the chainlet — it takes that stone-like distillation of life, turning rain to stone, turning life to the representation by your tormentor.

就像那条链子，它提取了，生命中如磐石般不朽的精华，将雨水变成石头，将生命变成，折磨你的人笔下的画像。

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Inspired by the green stone, counting each drop of rain falling on the side, this is not your tears on my Acacia.

踏着青青的石板，数着洒落在身边的每一滴雨，这是不是你对我相思的泪水。

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And so--like the chainlet--it takes that stone-like distillation of life, turning rain to stone, turning life to the representation by your tormentor.

就像那条链子，它提取了,生命中如磐石般不朽的精华，将雨水变成石头，将生命变成,折磨你的人笔下的画像。

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Heavy rain was to blame for a landslip which caused the train, which was carrying stone, to tip over on Thursday in Barrow-on-Soar, Network Rail said.

BBC: East Midlands derailment: Four-day revised timetable

The A34 at Stone has been closed three times in the past two months because of flooding caused by heavy rain.

BBC: Divers used to investigate flood-hit A34 in Stone