The old forest canopies often have those snags, which are big dead branches that break off and can fall erratically when the tree comes down.

老林冠往往有这种枯干，很大的死树枝，随大树倒下而崩断，不知掉到哪里去。

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He staggered into his room and sat down on the bed, the envelope still unopened, and in that moment came understanding to him how people suddenly fall dead upon receipt of extraordinarily good news.

信还没有拆开，在那个瞬间他明白了一个道理：为什么有的人会因为突然得到不寻常的好消息而死去。

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You must cut down that dead tree or it will fall on your house.

你必须把那棵死树砍了，否则它会倒在你的屋顶上。

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Ad revenue is down, media margins are shrinking and Knight-Ridder 's fall has many saying paper is dead.

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