I was about to raise my offer far the farm when a neighbour cut the ground from under my feet by offering a sum that I couldn't possibly match.

买下这个农场，不想一个邻居提出了一个我无法相比的价格，而使我的想法破灭。

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Though they were not permitted to cut or saw off branches, they were free to remove withered timber from the ground or even a tree, doing so by means of either a hook or a crook.

虽然他们无权砍伐或锯掉树枝，但可随意拣走地上甚至是树上的枯枝，用钩子也好，曲柄杖也罢。

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Isaiah 14:12 how art thou fallen from heaven, o Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

以赛亚书14：12明亮之星、早晨之子阿、你何竟从天坠落。你这攻败列国的、何竟被砍倒在地上。

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The goal is to cut the time it takes the U.S. to respond with an air, ground and naval force from months to days or even hours.

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