The entire village was dead, and the small peasant, as sole heir, became a rich man.

整个村庄的人都死了，小农夫作为唯一的继承人，成了富人。

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Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is thrown back either dead or dying.

任何太小的东西，或者是错误的东西，都会被扔回去，要么已经死了，要么快死了。

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When a tree becomes hollow or part of it becomes dead, it provides a home for small animals and is a source of food for many other animals.

当树中空或部分死亡时，它为小动物提供了一个家，也成为了许多其他动物的食物来源。

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If there is only a small amount of rot, the dead material can be cut away.

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"Dead Souls" is about Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, who travels the provincial countryside buying up dead serfs from small landowners.

WSJ: Surveying the Surging Immensity of Life | Dead Souls | Nikolai Gogol | By Joseph Epstein

"Kites are opportunistic scavengers, to conserve energy they feed mostly on worms and small dead animals, which they can see from a great height", Mr Straughan said.

BBC: Back from the brink, Red Kites return

The blind man and his guide move away down the narrow streets of the small, dead town.

NEWYORKER: See the Other Side