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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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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He Began carefully to scrape away the moss from the stump.

他开始仔细地刮去树桩上的苔藓。

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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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