They burst out of the chute at top speed only to be stopped short — clotheslined — with a choking rope around the neck.

它们以最高的速度冲出围栏，没想到会被用一根绳子勒住脖子而突然停止。

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Every season, there's a club of whom little is expected who steam away at the start of the season and hoist themselves to the top of the table, in a glorious, but inevitably short, burst of flames.

每一个赛季，总会有一支球队，根本没料到他们会在赛季初表现神勇并排名榜首位置，如爆发的焰火般耀眼，但也不可避免地短暂。

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He tried to find another way out, but flames burst out of the top of the volcano.

他想要找另外一条出路，但是火焰突然从火山顶上喷了出来。

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Fannie Mae has burst into the top 30, an obvious beneficiary of low interest rates and the refinancing boom in home mortgages.

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Massive pyrotechnic flower blooms and vivid multi-color spikes and streamers burst seemingly right on top of us, so close that occasional warm ashes hit our faces and embedded themselves in our hair.

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It was feared that the lake would pour over the top and burst down the valley but fortunately the river gouged out an escape route along the side of the landblock which acted as a safety valve and limited the damage.

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