Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

它陡峭的岩石边从一个宽阔的基地上拔地而起，直到在平坦的山顶下突然被切断。

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Boldly in February 2000 she marched into Washington and up the Capitol steps, announcing that she was going to sweep the scoundrels away as thoroughly as leaves from her porch.

2000年2月，她行进到华盛顿，登上国会大厦的台阶，大胆宣布她要像清扫她家门前的落叶一样，把那些坏蛋都清除出去。

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Take a medium-size soft brush and, using a metallicgrey, start from the inner eyelidand sweep the shadow across.

用中等大小的眼影刷，选用金属色调的灰色，从靠里面的眼睑开始刷起。

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"Or whether it is really even a wave." Hawkings says Democrats say there is no upcoming Republican "wave" which will sweep scores of them from office, pointing to a special election for the U.S.House seat for the late Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

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Morkel's first two overs went for 24 and Charl Langeveldt fared little better as Kieswetter stepped down the pitch to thump him over extra cover for a mighty six before moving across to sweep from off stump for four.

BBC: England sink South Africa to close in on T20 semi-final

However, captain Victor Matfield spurned a glorious opportunity to put the tourists in front, ignoring an overlap in favour of glory as a fine challenge by Courtney Lawes, abetted by a last-ditch sweep from scrum-half Ben Youngs, pushed the ball from the second-row's grasp as he was about to apply downward pressure.

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From this Iron Age hill fort, built in 400 BC, the views sweep down from the North York Moors and over to the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray to the distant Pennines, a low-rise mountain range sometimes dubbed "the backbone of England".

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