I stepped over a broken piece of wood.

我迈过一根断裂的木头。

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A broken piece of glass hurt my foot.

一块碎玻璃片弄伤了我的脚。

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It was made out of a broken piece which fell from the keeper's lamp.

它是从看守员的灯具上，掉下来的破铁片所制作而成的。

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He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant blank thing he had forgotten had happened to him.

他有种感觉,觉得他看见的一切都是之前发生过的,他已经忘记的,某件大而无用的事掉落的碎片。

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And then you get that sort of lyrical moment of interpretation: "He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant blank thing he had forgotten had happened to him."

然后你就能看到那句抒情的解释：,“他有种感觉,觉得他看见的一切都是之前发生过的,他已经忘记的,某件大而无用的事掉落的碎片，“

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A piece of chalk can be broken.

一根粉笔可以被破坏。

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The small burnt and broken piece of carved wood was found during an excavation in a cave on Skye.

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Sitting on a broken piece of concrete below the edge of the Globe Roundabout, Joan sells liquid glue from a water bottle to ragged children at 10 Kenyan shillings a hit.

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Then, in September, Burlew sliced his thumb open on a piece of broken glass, severing tendons and requiring emergency surgery.

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