That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

It looks like we're cut off the screen a little bit here, but you can see I've just circled it there.

看起来我们屏幕的边缘部分有些没显示，但是大家可以看到我刚才把它圈出来了。

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When the date came, you would cut the coupon off and go to the bank and get your interest payment.

到息日到了以后，你就可以剪下这张息票拿到银行,去兑换利息。

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Or,you can cut off the whole plant.

VOA: special.2009.04.28

Or how much would you have to be paid to have one little toe cut off?

抑或，给你多少钱,你才愿意砍掉一根小脚趾？

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Have I found you Flightless bird Grounded Bleeding or lost you American mouth (SINGING) How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out then you cut the string How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I went wrong Won't take my eyes off the ball again First you reel me outand then you cut the string You used to be all right What happened?

VOA: standard.other

If we're driving and you cut me off, you chose to do that.

如果在开车的时候,你抢我的车道,这是你的选择

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I don't actually know exactly what it would take, but you just cut off and snip the relevant nerve endings so that we're no longer able to engage in that higher order thinking.

我不知道手术到底怎样做，但只要切除相关的神经末梢,让我们无法进行,更高层次的思维。

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