From there in English over 700 years or so the word has been pulled in all sorts of directions from meaning the track of an animal to the gait of a horse.

在进入英语后大约700年时间里，它的含义被拉往四面八方，涵盖了从动物的足迹到马的步法等等内容。

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The first sound of the language’s name is similar to the click that English-speakers use to urge on a horse.

科萨一词的首音就是嗒嘴音，它类似于讲英语的人唤马时发出的声音。

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"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse" is one of the best-known lines in English literature, but the real Richard III never uttered them.

“一匹马，一匹马，我的王位换一匹马”是英国文学里最著名的台词之一。

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The dashing young equestrian will compete this summer in Beijing on his English horse, Hugo, and is one of the big Saudi medal hopes.

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The FSA said its investigation at Red Lion was mainly into inconsistencies with English-issued horse passports.

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Ordnance Survey and English Heritage are helping to restore the horse ahead of the 2012 Olympics, when Weymouth and Portland will host the sailing events.

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