You have a block here and then you have something above there floating in mid air.

你在这里放一个木块,让某物漂浮在木块之上

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Milton's own faculty of memory - this is the idea that I'm going to be floating here - seems to provide something like, or pose a stumbling block or an obstacle for, his attempt to write an original, divinely inspired poem.

在这里我想说,弥尔顿自己的记忆系统,似乎想提供某种东西，或者想在他写出一部原创的，伟大的诗作的尝试上设置一个障碍。

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For example, it has been shown how polar glaciers speed up when the floating ice shelves that block their way to the ocean are removed.

BBC: Under-ice flood speeds up glacier

"It's just having an awareness of bits of paper floating around, " he tells NPR's Melissa Block.

NPR: 'FOUND' Takes Interest in the Ordinary

One problem is that the block's two largest members have such different currency regimes: Brazil's floating (or sinking) real has lost over 40% of its value since its forced devaluation in 1999, whereas Argentina's peso is pegged to the dollar.

ECONOMIST: Another blow to Mercosur