Up to 300 workers are facing the axe at a struggling Merseyside firm.

艰苦挣扎的默西赛德公司有多达300名工人面临被解雇。

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Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.

病人高兴的是当地医院得以免遭关闭。

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The youth drew out the axe and let him go.

年轻人拔出斧头，让他走了。

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That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

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Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

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John took out his axe and cut down the tree.

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Fiat's American partner is also swinging the axe and praying for success with a new model.

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The people of Yusufeli have been waiting for the axe to fall for some time.

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First to face the axe is Becta, which employs 240 people to improve technology in schools.

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