It appears that the shell has to crack open or break down somewhat to allow the seed to soak up water.

看来，为了让种子吸收水分，种子的外壳必须裂开或破裂。

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Would the prisoner brazen it out or break down and confess?

这囚犯会厚着脸皮干下去还是会停下来认罪?。

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In cervical facet osteoarthritis, this cartilage begins to degenerate, or break down.

在颈椎小关节骨关节炎，这些关节软骨开始退变破坏。

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"And basically it is to take a brief freeze frame on individual cases to see if we can really break them down and have face to face communications between those representing consumers or homeowners with lender attorneys to see if deals can be struck."

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or the trains break down or there are power failures,

或者火车出故障了，或者电力不足了，

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The contract said you could not set up or break down your own booth.

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Any business looking to go freemium has to set user expectations from the very moment it opens that users will need to break open their wallet, or trust will break down.

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