Not to grieve a kind master, I learned to be less touchy; and, for the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.

我不要让一位仁慈的主人难过，我就得学着克制些。 而且，有半年时间，这火药像沙土一样地摆在那儿并没引爆，因为没有火凑近来使它爆炸。

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One mother's letter describes how she taught her four-year-old to lay kindling and strike a match to start a fire.

卢瑟福说，“一位妈妈的信中写了她如何教四岁的孩子准备生火，划火柴点着火。”

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Bennie lay under the big tree with his whole body feeling as if it were on fire.

本尼躺在那棵大树下，全身仿佛像是在火上烤似的。

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Critics say that the rubber meets the road when a company must fire or lay off a talented individual.

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Second, IBM now has incentive to lay off or fire employees before that Dec. 15 date.

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Mr. Nixon took his tea into the living room, where the dog lay by the fire.

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