She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.

她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。

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This is it: one day she will try to spin at a spinning wheel and when she does, the spindle will prick her finger and she will fall dead at once.

那就是：有一天她会试着在纺车上纺织，而当她这幺做时，纺锤将会刺破她的手指，她就会马上倒地而死。

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Klaette take away his finger, "how you can be sure that only one, so many holes in the ground, cannot be a dead, next to a re-growth out?"

科莱特拿开他的手指，“你怎么能肯定只有一株，地上这么多小洞，不能是一株死了，旁边的一株再长出来吗？”

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The prosecution told Birmingham Crown Court that neither defendant "lifted a finger" to help him until he was dead.

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