Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.

大片大片的雪花开始飞快地落下。

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Watching extra large flakes of snow sluggishly fall to the ground is really quite neat.

看着超大的雪花慢慢地飘落地上，真是赏心的事情。

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One would say, to see all these snow-flakes fall, that there was a plague of white butterflies in heaven.

见了这种成团的雪落下来，就会说天上有成千上万的白蝴蝶。

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And she could hold the snow globe to her narrowed eyes and watch the whirling white flakes fall until they blinded her.

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Flakes continued to fall throughout the night after tapering off from the snow-globe-like flurries that brightened up batting practice.

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As soon as "the first flakes fall down we will drive out ... and (begin) the snow cleaning, " he added.

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