She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.

她正站在池边，准备跳进去。

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It had rained heavily the night before, creating a huge pool of water on the beach whose fantastic reflection of the changing sky made us feel we were standing at the edge of the world.

前夜雨下得很大，在海滩上制造了一个大大的水池，变幻的天空倒影在水面上。这样的景象一度让我们觉得站在了世界的边缘。

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I went to get dressed for school. When I came back the sink was overflowing. Tim was standing in a pool of water.

我去穿衣服准备去上学。当我回来时，水池的水已经溢出来了。蒂姆正站在一滩水中。

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Ms. Abdul-Hakeem, standing beside the pool, was looking at a photo on her smartphone, the police officer said.

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It usually began with standing water: a tide pool or pond or salty shallow, wet enough to breed bacteria but not so wet as to wash them away.

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