Iron hoes, which made the land more productive, and iron weapons, which made the warrior more powerful, had symbolic meaning in a number of West Africa societies.

铁制锄头使土地更高产，铁制武器使战士更强大，它们在许多非洲西部的部落中都拥有象征性意义。

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So Captain Sullenberger made a quick decision to land the plane on the freezing water of the nearby Hudson River.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

You may view the land from a distance, but you shall not enter it the land that I am giving to the Israelite people.So what happened at Meribath-kadesh that made God so angry?

我所赐给以色列人的地，你可以远远看见,却不得进去那么在米利巴水究竟发生了什么,使上帝这样愤怒？

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Share-cropping made it possible for blacks to work the land for themselves for the first time in their lives.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Niagara's landfills are spectacular: mountains of made land, rising out of the earth, gently breathing their methane, almost beautiful in their grassy silence.

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The governors of nine affected states already gave homeowners a big break by forbidding insurers from declaring that Sandy made land as a hurricane.

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The enormous amount of earth that was excavated to make the bathtub was used to fill the Hudson River on the west side, creating the man-made land where Battery Park now stands.

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