To get near, the paddle stirred up a burst of black mud up, so that the green water has a black imprint, like a human scar.

到得近处，那桨搅起一阵一阵的乌黑的淤泥上来，使绿水有了一道道黑色的印痕，就像人的伤疤。

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Then we carried on in the worst conditions yet: low, tangled rainforest that blocked out the light, and mud up to our thighs.

那时我们还在最糟糕的环境里行进着：低矮、纷乱的雨林遮住了阳光，泥浆没至我们的大腿。

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I hope you know what you're doing. They'll track water everywhere and have a million water fights, and you won't be able to take out the garbage without stepping in mud up to your neck.

我希望你清楚你在干什么，他们会走来走去，搞的到处是水渍，会打一百万次水仗，到时候你要是不肯趟过脖子深的泥水，就休想把垃圾倒出去。

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He says mud and rocks are blocking some roads, others are torn up, making it difficult to distribute aid.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

They get stuck in the mud, and this forces them to give up the chase.

他们陷入了泥中，所以放弃了追捕。

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The first trap shows no signs of oil, only mud stirred up by recent storms.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

How can the mud stacking up against its walls be moved?

ECONOMIST: Water

Indeed, thick layers of caked mud carved up the streets on Saturday, evidence of the rushing water's movement down the hill and into Lake Superior, and some roads were simply missing.

WSJ: Flood Cleanup Continues in Duluth

In a lot of wells I saw that the zone was taking drilling mud, soaking it up and leaving a layer of mud cake across a permeable interval of the wellbore.

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