If the squares are curling in on themselves, lay them under some heavy books for a few hours to flatten them out.

如果这些方块卷曲了，把它们放在一些重量大的书下面压几个小时使它们平展。

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The heavy industries would be hemorrhaging jobs, but the sectors closer to final consumption would also lay people off.

重工业会损失大量的工作，但是更接近消费终端部门也会解雇一些人。

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Some two miles west of Sirte, 15 pick-up trucks mounted with heavy machine guns lay burnt out, smashed and smouldering next to an electricity sub station some 20 metres from the main road.

苏尔特西约两英里，在一座电力分站，距离大道20米，15辆皮卡堆在一块，重机枪炸成碎片，烧的还剩点灰烬。

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To contain social discontent, the Kremlin puts heavy pressure on regional governments and firms not to lay off people or close plants, even if they are dinosaurs.

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In 2008, both political parties, despite the heavy rhetoric of partisans, nominated the two candidates who could lay claim to being problem-solvers and consensus-builders.

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Airbus, which has cut only the equivalent of 6, 000 jobs (mostly contract workers), faces heavy redundancy costs in France and Germany if it tries to lay off any more people.

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