Aristocratic families were loth to stump up dowries for more than one daughter. The rest were walled away.

贵族家庭不愿意为超过一个女儿办嫁妆，那其余的女儿就被丢弃在修道院。

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The spacing between two trees at about 6 meters, tree stump, about 50 cm away from the road surface distance.

两棵大树之间的间距在6米左右，树蔸离马路路面有约50公分的距离。

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He tossed the grasshopper up into the air and watched him sail away to a charcoal stump across the road.

他把蚂蚱抛向空中，看着它飞向路对面的一段烧成木炭的树桩上。

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Katich opened the face in an attempt to steer an off-stump delivery away but mistimed the shot.

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Broad, summoned up to bowl the fifth over after Tim Bresnan and Ryan Sidebottom had shared the new ball, bowled a delivery just back of a length outside off-stump, seaming away a fraction.

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The Kallis delivery that got him out, pitched outside off-stump and seaming slightly away, could perhaps have been left by someone who had been at the crease longer.

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