As I handed them to him, I noticed that one had been torn in half and fixed with a piece of blue paper.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

If you read one of the websites that I like to look at, Psycho Palisades, and palisades describe the strong fence that protect you from being torn down.

如果你到我喜欢去的一个网站去看看，叫做心理护栏，护栏形容的是那些强大的篱笆,保护你不被打倒。

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And in fact in one with the girl describing her side, she several times emphasizes this need for protection, need to be free from being torn down from people around them.

事实上像一个女孩子表达的那样，她好几次强调了需要保护的愿望，需要逃离那些打倒她的东西,逃离身边的人们。

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The woman torn off her apron and tried to beat out the fire with the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Like Isis, whom we saw piecing together the body of Osiris, or like the sad friends of Truth picking up the torn limbs of that beautiful virgin, we are left to cull out and sort asunder the confused seeds of good and evil.

像伊西斯，我们看到的拼凑欧西里斯身体的女人，或是真理的悲伤的朋友找寻被撕碎的美丽纯洁的真理的肢体,我们被留下来做出选择对错和,把善恶迷惑的种子分离出来。

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I try not to get them dirty or torn.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

They have largely resisted long-standing requests to send more troops to the war-torn country, particularly to more volatile areas.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

He says mud and rocks are blocking some roads, others are torn up, making it difficult to distribute aid.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

The humanitarian aid agency says its air service to the war-torn Central African country will run out of money by August 15.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

For several weeks in Washington, U.S.President Barack Obama has been hearing counsel from his advisers about the best course to take with the war-torn country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Mr.Obama said that some of problems with the system include families being torn apart, employers gaming the system and the struggles police officersface trying to keep communities safe.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Iran is played host to a high-profile summit of two key war-torn neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in a bid to put an end to conflicts that rage along its borders.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24