In contrast, the roots of grasses and other small plants may help to hold loose soil fragments together, thereby helping to prevent erosion by the wind.

相反，草和其他小植物的根可能有助于把松散的土壤碎片固定在一起，从而助于防止风的侵蚀。

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Absence to love is as wind to fire, it distinguishes small, it flames the great.

离别之于爱情，好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。

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Asence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great.

离别之于爱情好比风之于火，它能将小火熄灭，使大火熊熊燃烧。

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Pieces of gypsum broke off. The wind wore them away to a size small enough to pick up and carry for short distances.

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"Lots and lots of companies from overseas, especially from China, selling very cheap products, that users can have in order to recharge their cell phones or small devices, that run on solar energy or wind energy."

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The centrifugal force required to compress the air is too great for small wind turbines to cope with, so much larger turbines will have to be installed for the project to realize its goals.

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Despite this rule of thumb, there is a burgeoning movement to bring small-wind power to cities as well.

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According to Motorwave, the new technology can reduce energy bills by up to 50 percent and costs between 10 and 20 per cent of current small wind turbine systems to run.

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