She's a flower, she's perishable, she's half hidden, - and she's ultimately dead and in the ground-- whereas a star would seem to be something that she just can't be mapped onto if she is this half-hidden thing.

她是一朵花，是易腐烂的，有一半深埋在土里，最终凋谢回归土地-,如果她一般在土里,她就不可能是星星。

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For example, if t* is the time you hit the ground, then t* satisfies the equation h - 1/2 g ^2 = 0.

例如,如果在 t* 时刻落地,那 t* 就满足等式 h - 1/2 g ? ^2 = 0

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