Finally he collected over $2,000. That money was used to dig the first of "Ryan's wells".

他最终筹到了2000多美元。这些钱被用来挖第一口“瑞安的井”。

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The money raised will be used to dig bore holes to pump water into the dried-up lake.

筹到的钱款将用来挖井眼，再将水抽入干涸的湖中。

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And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, "There is gold hidden in the orchard." Dig for it, if you wish it.

他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。

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The idea you can dig a hole and bury money in it, so people can dig it up for wages must be put to one side for a change.

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Because no bank will lend you the money to dig it up without a bankable feasibility study.

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To dig up still more money for his 1998 campaign, he turned to an old law school chum, hedge-fund manager James J.

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