The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

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A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

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His movement had shaken the young tree only a tiny bit.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

There's a tractor-trailer overturned near a tree, and the only upright and functioning truck on this road is driven by men from the local power cooperative.

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It also features Betsy, a local water buffalo, that only has a rope and a tree between herself and freedom.

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But where it should have seen the forest, it found only a single tree to chop down.

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