He lowered his legs until he felt he had a solid foothold on the rockface beneath him.

他往下探腿，直到感觉双脚稳稳地踩住了岩石。

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Aramaic is still spoken here and we walked through a cleft in the rockface from the Convent of st Theda, where mass was in full swing, to the Monastery of st Sergius and its tiny Byzantine church.

我们从正在做礼拜的圣泰德修女院经过山岩前的一个裂缝，走到圣瑟杰斯修道院和属于修道院的小小的拜占庭教堂。

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Though the weather-worn rockface is still peppered with ancient dwellings and sepulchres, many are more modest.

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"The proposed solution will include re-grading the rockface, earthworks, installing netting and anchors and landscaping of the site, " a council spokesman said.

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"We completely understand the urgency to get Jiggers Bank reopened as soon as practically possible but we are faced with a unique and serious situation in terms of devising a sustainable solution to secure the rockface, " she said.

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