As the snow melted, workers were busy picking up broken branches, some as thick as fifteen centimeters.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

The syllabus. As you can see, it's a pretty thick syllabus, but it's divided into a schedule of lectures and then a schedule of readings.

这个课程纲要你能看到，是比较厚的,但这可以分成讲课的安排和阅读的安排两部分。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

This is the initial part of the simile that describes the leaves: "thick as Autumnal Leaves that strow the Brooks / in Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades / high overarch't imbow'r."

这是描写落叶的比喻的开始部分：,“他们人数众多，稠密得像秋天的繁叶,/在瓦隆布罗萨，厄特鲁利亚的光辉逐渐暗淡“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选