With hemp ropes and bamboo cables reaching deep into the ground, they employed cast iron drills to reach the natural gas they used as a fuel to evaporate water from brine to produce salt.

麻绳和竹管被深入到地下深处，以铸铁深钻直到得到天然气，并以此为燃料将卤水中的水蒸发来生产食盐。

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Well, it’s flour (the ground down remains of a grain, usually wheat), water, salt and yeast.

嗯，其实就是面粉（来自谷物，通常是小麦），水，盐和酵母。

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Subsurface pipe drainage in drought-prone region is superior to surface drainage in draining off water and salt, controlling ground water-level, and increasing crop output, etc.

以明沟排水为对照，论述了内陆干旱重盐碱区暗管排水在排水排盐、控制地下水位、提高土壤脱盐效果及提高作物产量等方面的优越性。

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They decided to introduce Bell's bialys--flatter than a bagel and hole-less, they're made with water, flour, yeast, salt and ground onions--to Japan.

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