The referee told him to punt or kick the ball off the ground.

裁判让他开悬空球，将球踢出场地。

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I set the log on the ground and shaved off the bark.

我把原木放在地上，然后刨掉树皮。

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An aeroplane has to reach a certain speed before there is enough lift to get it off the ground.

飞机得在达到一定的速度以后，才能有足够的提升力从地面起飞。

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The short wave signals bounce off the ionosphere that surrounds the Earth,back to the ground and then back to the ionosphere.

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It's dangerous to want to get away from earth awhile, to get your feet entirely off the ground.

想要逃离地面一会，让自己的双脚同时离开地面很危险。

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She ran across the room, grabbed me by the hair, and lifted me off the ground,

她会穿过教室，走到我面前，揪住我的头发，把我拉起来，

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White House aides privately hoped the new NATO assessment would call for so many troops to invade--perhaps up to 150, 000 in Kosovo alone--that it would scare off ground-war advocates.

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The second followed a similar pattern at first, with Robson twice going a break up, before the Thai finally found her rhythm off the ground and reeled off four straight games.

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"You run through a field and the paraglider wing catches the wind, it fills with air, blows you off the ground, you switch on the motor and off you go, you're flying, " he said.

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