Some people just plucked up the courage to pick up some good, to make a change, it is the tide of ridicule and forecast the collapse.

有些人刚鼓起勇气准备拾起一些善意，做出改变，就被潮水般的调侃和猜测所瓦解。

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Some people took refuge on roofs and were plucked to safety by helicopter, but dozens of people are still missing.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

They made shoes, plucked chickens, or created value in some way for other people, who then traded or paid for those goods and services.

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Some 50, 000 troops have been deployed, and thousands of stranded people plucked by army helicopters from their rooftops.

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