We were on a hill, right on the edge of town.

我们在一座小山上，正好位于城镇边缘。

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When parking on a hill, leave the car in gear.

在斜坡上停车时把汽车挂上挡。

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The castle occupies a commanding position on a hill.

城堡占据着山上居高临下的位置。

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At sunrise,Lee arrived on a hill outside the town of Appomattox Court House.

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Governor Winthrop when he gave his speech to the puritans on the ship, on the Mayflower, he said : "We shall be a city upon a hill."

温斯洛普总督,当他站在船上，面对着清教徒发表演讲时，在五月花上，他说,我们应该建造山上的城“

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Hector Davis owned a two-story slave auction house and jail on 14th and Franklin Streets, just two blocks down the hill from Thomas Jefferson's glorious capitol building of the State of Virginia.

赫克托·戴维斯,在第十四和富兰克林大街,拥有一栋两层的奴隶拍卖行及监狱,仅仅距离托马斯·杰斐逊,那雄伟的弗吉尼亚州议会大厦,向山下两个街区远

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Then on a hill we spotted him: Kalawari, a dominant male, grazing quietly in the tall grass.

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Falwell drove to the Carter Glass mansion, a brick cottage on a hill overlooking the university.

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It stood on a hill, and everywhere you looked it was like a picture postcard.

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