"This looks half dead most of the time, perhaps with just one branch that appears to be alive," says Sussman. "it shuts down all its non-essential processes."

“这种树大部分时间看起来都是半死不活的，有时仅仅是一个枝条表明这树还活着”萨斯曼说：“它是停止了所有不必要的生命活动。”

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And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

从各民各族各方各国中，有人观看他们的尸首三天半，又不许把尸首放在坟墓里。

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We would peacetime may be worried that their hero no avail, but useless if you have maybe half dead will be so busy.

平时我们可能会担心自己英雄无用武之地，但是一旦你有了用武之地或许就会忙到半死。

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The flags at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, were to be flown at half-mast in honour of the dead, he added.

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However, on both occasions when it looked like the tourists would be walked over and left for dead - they always came storming back in the second half to deny any major thumping.

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