"I must have tripped over a hidden branch or a stump," said the Mole miserably.

“我一定是被一根隐蔽的树枝或树桩绊倒了。”鼹鼠莫尔痛苦地说。

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Over here by the oak stump.

这儿，在栎树墩边上。

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He appeared frequently drained at stages of the 21-month campaign, stumbling over statistics and well-worn stump speeches in the final days before the election.

他似乎被21个月的竞选弄得筋疲力尽了，在大选前几天里，他的演讲毫无新意而且在读数据时结结巴巴。

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But Wright continued his impressive display when he nipped one back to take Uthappa's inside edge and uproot the off-stump in the 21st over.

BBC: India overpower battling Scotland

Koertzen correctly declined that one, for there was no inside edge onto the pad, but Ponting - despite clouting one delivery over mid-on for four - never really settled and might have been bowled by an off-break which fizzed directly over middle stump.

BBC: Australian pair dent Indian hopes

Henry stands and watches helplessly as the small fire he has birthed flows like brilliant liquid over the tree stump's ragged edges and into the dead grass and pine needles that carpet the barren slope from the water's edge to the lip of the woods.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'