For instance, subjects are given three words such as "age", "mile" and "sand"—and asked to come up with a single word that can precede or follow each of them to form a compound word.

例如，给受试者三个单词，如“年龄”、“英里”和“沙子”，并要求他们想出一个单词，这个单词可以在这三个词之前或之后组成一个复合词。

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Can you imagine a sea of sand three times bigger than India?

你能想象一个比印度大三倍的沙海吗？

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They ordered three truckloads of sand.

他们订购了三卡车沙子。

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And I was out there and the only place you could really get water, except for a few drinking fountains, were from the Evian booths and it talks on-- sand o three fifty for a bottle of water, which is pretty typical of these places, but what was interesting was the fact that this is shipped in from France.

我也去看了,除了几个饮水机之外,唯一可以喝到水的地方,就是依云矿泉水的摊位,而它的一瓶水要3.5美元,这种地方通常都是这个价,但有意思的是,这是由法国进口的

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The two mothers of Sand's three children were not in the courtroom for Thursday's proceeding, but Obedin has said he has contacted them and claimed their priority is for Sand to be free to earn a living so he can repay his debt.

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The second category comprises three of the four so-called sand states: Florida, Arizona and Nevada (the fourth, California, is solidly Democratic).

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The firm has been extracting minerals from the region's coastal sand dunes for more than three decades, having set up a massive operation along the shore.

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