The hen may not be able to feed its young.

这只母鸡也许不能喂它的幼雏。

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The hen has five chicks.

母鸡有五只小鸡。

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she heard the hen making sounds loudly.

她听见那只母鸡在大声地打鸣。

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Once again the hen walked down the main street,cackling foolishly.

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To the broody hen, the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not utterly fascinating and precious and never to be too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her.

对母鸡来说，这个概念可能看起来荒谬,世界上有一种生物,对一窝鸡蛋,着迷，觉得弥足珍贵,对她而言，永远不觉得,孵蛋时间太长。

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And the guys said, "Well, you know, The rooster works very hard " The rooster has sex dozens of times a day" " And she said, "Well, be sure to tell that to the president" The story goes, the president went around, the guy tells the story to the president The president asks the man, "Huh Has sex dozens of times each day ?" Same hen every time?"

那人回答说，“那只公鸡很卖力的,每天交配好几十次“,她就说“确保把这告诉总统“,然后总统走过来，那人也跟总统说了这事,总统问他,“每天交配几十次,是和同一只母鸡吗“

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Others might say it's a bit like shutting the coop door after the hen has scarpered.

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The hen, named Liberty, was re-housed in time for the EU-wide ban on small, cramped cages.

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Passing laws against government control and censorship of the Internet is asking the fox to guard the hen house.

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