He climbed up a large tree, planted on a high rock, whose branches were thick enough to conceal him, and yet enabled him to see all that passed without being discovered.

他爬上了一颗很大的树，长在一块很高的岩石上，有着茂密的树枝足以隐蔽他，还能够在没有被发现之前看到所有发生的一切。

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Say the word 'cactus,' and many people get a mental picture of a thick, straight up trunk with rounded tip, and sturdy branches curving to the vertical in a candelabra effect.

一提到仙人掌，很多人脑中就会浮现出这样一副画面：粗直的树榦、圆形的顶，强健的枝干如烛台状垂直立著。

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You see how the thick branches point away from each other?

你看到了吗，这些粗枝指向彼此的反方向。

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As the snow melted, workers were busy picking up broken branches, some as thick as fifteen centimeters.

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Workers have been busy picking up broken branches, some as thick as fifteen centimeters.

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Here, at the northernmost tip of the island, the vines grow thick, branches bent double with grapes ready for harvest.

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Inch thick bite marks on the lower branches of a Clethra barbinervis, a Japanese shrub with long fragrant blooms, were found broken and the bark chewed off.

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Instead we found Peter Bornu and his wife, knee-deep in thick, oily mud pulling at the branches of the mangroves and stacking them in their wooden boat.

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