Grant moved forty thousand men to a point ten kilometers from Vicksburg. He told the men to put down their guns and take up digging tools.

格兰特将他的四万人带到距维克斯堡十公里之外的一个地方，他告诉士兵们放下手中的枪，拿起撬把。

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Police yelled at the robbers, ordering them to put down their guns.

警察叱令劫匪放下手中的枪。

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Being surrounded, the enemy were forced to put down their guns.

敌人被包围了，被迫放下武器。

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He told the men to put down their guns and take up digging tools.

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