Decades ago, engineers frequently built DAMS using a slurry of soil and water that would eventually settle into place.

几十年前，工程师经常使用泥浆建造水坝。

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Ask for a 2 hour lunch and make it a working lunch. Get out, stretch your legs, and settle into a quiet place for a solid hour of uninterrupted work time.

向老板要求2个小时的工作午餐时间，走出办公室，伸展四肢，找个安静的地方，不受打扰地工作一个小时。

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The corresponding communication meeting of "famous shoes into famous stores" opens the gate for the grown brand to settle a better place.

同期举行名品对接采购洽谈会，为成熟的品牌打开了走向更好渠道的大门。

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He wants to reduce the churn in Newham and turn it into a place where people buy houses, settle down and raise children.

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Former world champion Casey Stoner will also be eager to get back into action this weekend, after illness problems meant he had to settle for fourth place in last year's title race.

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And as I followed her, in this way, past the flower gardens, I realized that her movements were similar to mine, that she, too, was trying to protect something fragile, something that might fall and shatter into pieces, and that needed thus to be led toward a place where it could settle gently, something that she could not touch but could only guide with her gestures: the moon.

NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon