Half the candle had burnt away.

那根蜡烛烧掉了一半。

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The clothing on his back got burnt away in the fire.

他的衣服后背在大火中烧掉了。

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Impurities were burnt away with the use of coke, producing a high-quality refined iron.

杂质用焦炭烧掉，产生高质量的炼铁。

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The jury heard that most of the UPVC front door, which had been locked during the fire, had been burnt away by the intense heat.

BBC: Derby

Ideals... are so... far, far away from the burnt stink of charred metal.

NPR: Sergeant Sorts Through War's Chaos in Letter Home

Just two streets away is the restored and ritzy Kempinski Hotel, where German celebrities drink burnt orange brandy and philosophize, just as journalist Hannah Arendt and her lover did before the Second World War.

BBC: A tale of two Berlins