We can imagine that a lump of wet clay somehow ended up in the fire, dried out, hardened and formed a hollow shape; a shape that could hold things, in a tough material.

我们可以想象一块湿泥巴最后在火上烧制，烘干，变硬，形成一件形状中空的器皿，材料简陋，不过可以盛放东西。

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This is easy to see in the case of material damage to property, theft of property or lost business profit following a fire.

如果财产遭到实质上的损坏或是遭到偷窃，或是火灾后商业利益遭到损失，那是很容易看到的。

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The shroud was also damaged by a fire in the late Middle Ages which could have added carbon material, resulting in a higher radiocarbon content and a later calculated age.

这块裹尸布在中世纪后期遭到火灾破坏，也可能会增加另外的碳元素，这样会产生高放射性的碳素使计算的年代有所延迟。

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News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.

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The suit is made of fire retardant material capable of withstanding temperatures as low as -90 degrees Farenheit.

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And the final version will be made from some, as yet unspecified, fire-retardant material.

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Remember, this is from a mattress, which the CPSC estimated as being 18, 200 centimeters squared of material covered in fire retardant for an adult, and 7, 900 centimeters squared of material for children.

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