When the old man learnt about his purpose, he handed the boy an empty bowl and said, "Go to the river miles away and fill it with water."

老人知道男孩的目的后，递给他一个空碗，然后说：“到几英里外的河边去，把碗装满水。”

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When the old man knew about this, he gave the boy an empty bowl and asked him to go to the river and fill the bowl with water.

老人知道这件事时，他给了男孩一个空碗，让他去河边把碗装满水。

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For those of you who have never heard of the word "scrapbook", it's an empty book that people usually take away with them on holiday, and fill with "scraps" of paper, tickets, maps, stamps, photographs, etc.

对于那些从未听说过“剪贴簿”这个词的人来说，它是一本空书，人们在度假时通常会带着它，用纸、票、地图、邮票、照片等“碎片”填满它。

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There seemed to be no end to the demand for men to fill the places left empty by dead and wounded soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

But finding new shopowners to fill empty space is increasingly difficult.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Mountgrange launched the scheme in April order to fill empty shops at the centre.

BBC: Chippenham 'win a shop' competition winners to open stores

Borough Parade owner Mountgrange launched the win-a-shop scheme in April in order to fill empty shops at the centre.

BBC: Borough Parade, Chippenham

He adds that he intended to license the old retail brands to mall owners, which, in turn, could use the brands to build new stores that would fill empty spaces, or perhaps launch small retail kiosks under the old names.

WSJ: Basing a Business on an Old Brand? Check the Trademarks