Land grabbers often follow, or stake their claim to virgin forest by razing and burning the trees and turning the land into pasture.

然后，土地的占有者来了，又或者他们通过砍伐和烧毁树木来声称自己对未开发森林掌有权利，把森林变成了牧场。

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Most "witches" were hanged, rather than the burning at the stake of popular imagination.

多数“女巫”被绞死了，胜过通常想象的绑在树桩上烧死。

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We usually associate heretic with religion, namely, the Roman Catholic Church: Inquisition, burning people at the stake, etc.

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But with respect to the latter the burning of witches at the stake ended when the authorities stopped gratifying that desire.

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It is, if you like, simply easier to call out the mob with the burning brands in order to stake the vampire.

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