He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

他也可以在花盆里种一棵橡树，希望它茁壮成长，就像想象他可以让她在他那浅薄的关心中恢复活力一样！

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Place a clean dry folded piece of cheesecloth loosely over a bowl or a pitcher, and create a shallow well in the center.

将一片干净的干棉布折叠好松松地放在碗上或水罐上，在中间形成一个浅浅的窝。

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The simple mechanical pump draws water from a shallow well or nearby stream or river for use in irrigation.

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Local environmentalists blame an international oil consortium now drilling its first well in the shallow waters of Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea.

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Lord Hoffman, in the ruling on the case, said the tests had no relation to the shallow well serving Mr Sutradhar's village, and it was not the practice at the time to test for arsenic.

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The Texas Railroad Commission, using chemical fingerprinting, maintains that the EPA is wrong and that the gas seeped into the well from a shallow formation a few hundred feet beneath the surface, much closer to the water wells.

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