Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.

有时他们不得不砍倒一棵树来做木柴。

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The tree is so big, you'll have to chop back some of the branches.

这棵树太大了， 你得砍掉一些枝条。

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I'm going to chop down this cherry tree; it has almost stopped producing fruit.

我打算把这棵樱桃树砍掉，它已经不结什么果子了。

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But where it should have seen the forest, it found only a single tree to chop down.

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Then they would help you use a two-man crosscut saw to chop off a piece of wood from a tree stump they had spray painted in red with the Old Spice logo.

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