The text says "harsh labor at mortar and brick," but the text says, "the more they were oppressed, the more they increased and spread out," so Pharaoh resorts to more drastic measures.

文中说，“和泥和造砖的艰苦劳动“,但是文中还说，“越发苦害他们，他们越发多起来，越发蔓延“,因此法老采取了更加残酷的手段。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's also more spread out than New York. In New York, everything tends to be closer together and we build up.

它比纽约更为伸展。在纽约，所有的一切都密密麻麻，高楼迭起。

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If you take a bunch of pennies and you spread them out, you don't get more pennies.

如果你把一卷硬币全部摊开,你不会得到更多的硬币

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Actually, if you have more than $100,000 in a bank account you should probably pull it out and spread it around over several banks because each bank is separately insured, so there's effectively no limit if you're just a little bit smart and move your accounts around.

如果你的银行存款远不止10万,你最好把多余的取出,分别存入几家银行,因为每家银行都是独立保险的,因此不存在担保额度,只要你聪明一点,把存款分别存入几家银行

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