Wood burns better [more easily] when dry.

干柴好烧。

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Carpets, for instance, seem to be slightly better places to drop your food than wood or tile.

例如，把食物掉在地毯上似乎比掉在木头或瓷砖上更好。

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The long bow was most likely discovered when someone found out that a five-foot piece of wood made a better bow than a three-foot piece.

长弓最有可能是在有人发现一块五英尺长的木头比一块三英尺长的木头能制作更好的弓时被发现的。

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The fake wood trim on my top-of-the-line LTZ tester looked better than some real wood trim I've seen.

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It may thus be better to jointly burn the wood and coal.

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For the better part of a century, wood scientists have been beating up on each other's explanations of what causes it.

NPR: Excerpt: 'A Splintered History Of Wood'