Other animals can communicate—the alarm calls of prairie dogs to warn of a nearby predator, say, or the meowing of a hungry cat to tell its owner to put food down.

其他动物也会交流——土拨鼠警觉的叫声是在警告其他伙伴周围有捕食者；饥饿的猫喵喵地叫是告诉它的主人赶紧把食物放下来给它吃。

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When Polly refuses toeat her food or get into the car seat or put down some object she’s notsupposed to have, her parents just count.

当波莉不肯吃东西、不愿意进车就坐或者不想放下一些她原本不该拿的东西时，她父母就数数。

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And good food to cut after they put down the knife, knife on the plate parallel to the right, then use the fork to eat.

而要在切好食物后，便放下刀，让刀放在盘子平行的右侧，然后使用叉吃。

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China's modest inflation can be put down to a disappointing harvest, which raised food prices.

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After the cold war, the American government thought that its army, with no more communists to face down, could be put to better use guarding food-aid deliveries in Somalia.

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He put in place rigorous ways of monitoring results, down to measuring the food intake of participants.

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