Many of us would say boiling water.

很多人会说是开水。

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With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door.

她手里拿着一壶开水，悄悄地朝前门走去。

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The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after they were put into the boiling water.

把本来结实又坚硬的胡萝卜放进开水后，它们便变得又光滑又柔软。

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Companies with boiling-water reactors similar to the ones in Japan include Exelon Corp.

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The reactors at Fukushima-Daiichi are called boiling-water reactors (BWRs) and were manufactured by General Electric.

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Thus, the frog-in-the-pot-of-boiling-water phenomena would appear to be the operative strategy at play.

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