They are only good enough to light a fire with.

它们只够用来生火。

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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

学会阅读就是点燃篝火—每个拼出的音节都是火花。

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If it was too wet to light a fire, they had to subsist on hardtack biscuits and cold sowbelly doused in vinegar.

要是天气太潮生不起火来，他们就只能以饼干和蘸着醋的腌肉充饥。

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The goal, several officials tell us, is to light a fire under the Iraqi Governing Council.

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The S4 is expected to keep the Samsung streak going, and one would think ought to light a fire beneath Apple.

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In his view, companies that survive throughout the ages are those that are prepared to light a fire under the status quo.

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