A rope from the second vessel was secured around the shark's tail, but repeated efforts to tow the fish into the water failed.

第二艘船上的一根绳子系在鲨鱼的尾巴上，但多次将鱼拖进水里的努力都失败了。

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A whale was thrashing the water with its tail.

一条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水。

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The weight of the ball causes the dragon's head to move down and the dragon's tail pulls the water bowl back up.

球的重量使龙头向下移动，龙尾将水碗拉起来。

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You had merely to lead them to the plate-glass porch door and point out a squirrel or a cat running on the railing, or the automatic pool vacuum flipping its tail in the water as it carried on, side to side, end to end.

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Sometimes, a tail would slap the water.

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