In a twinkling, the tree began to sputter and burn like a candle blown by the wind.

一刹那，那棵树开始噼噼啪啪地燃烧起来，就像被风吹着的蜡烛。

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In a short time she came by like the wind, riding on a wild tom-cat and screaming frightfully.

不一会儿，她像一阵风似的骑着一只野公猫一闪而过，非常可怕地尖叫着。

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As that soil is eventually shed from the roots by rain and wind and the movement of squirrels climbing around, things like that.

因为土壤最终会因为风雨和松鼠爬来爬去的运动而从根部脱落，诸如此类。

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Plantings in the wetlands help hold down the soil against the forces of erosion, like wind and water.

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You have a wind that blasts from God's nostrils, the waters stand straight like a wall, and at a second blast, the sea then covers the Egyptians, and they sink like a stone in the majestic waters.

从上帝的鼻孔里吹出来一阵狂风,水墙骤起，第二阵狂风吹起,海水淹没了埃及士兵，他们就像石头一样沉入水底。

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Satan may be like the wind, Orion, but Orion here is also seen as vexing and destroying the Egyptians whose carcasses wash up on the shores of the Red Sea, and the Israelites, having crossed the Red Sea safely, look on at this destruction from the safety of their shore.

撒旦或许像风神一样，但是这里的风神在怒吼，在摧毁着埃及人,他们的尸体横陈在红海上，而以色列人，却平安的穿过了红海，从安全的海岸回望身后的摧枯拉朽。

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