A bit dead, but sweet, like the decaying wood of a ship.

有一点窒息，但却甜蜜，像小船上的腐木。

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In central Georgia, sweet gum and poplars grow like weeds, and, it turns out, these trees make perfect chopsticks. Their wood is pliable, straight and has a nice color.

在乔治亚州中部，香枫和白杨像野草一样的茂密，而这些树非常适合作成筷子。他们的木材容易弯曲、很笔直，又有漂亮的颜色。

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Now this wood was very fair to look at from without, and seemed full of singing birds and of sweet-scented flowers, and the Star - Child entered it gladly.

如今这片树林看起来非常美，似乎到处是鸟语花香，星孩很高兴的走了进去。

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To date he has created seven: Four Grain, Sonoma-Cutrer Finish, Sweet Mash, Seasoned Oak, Maple Wood Finish and Rare Rye.

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For all that lived there it was WORMWOOD Rev 8:11 the wood became full of worms and the rivers water no longer sweet and undrinkable.

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How that downfall came about would have made an engaging story in itself, but Allen passes it by, preferring to focus on the sweet, tractable, and altogether fantastical Southern teen-ager (Evan Rachel Wood) whom Boris finds sheltering on his doorstep, takes reluctant pity on, and weds.

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