in the can

基本解釋

The reason for the crucifixion of the people that perished Yuzhuo. We saved the people of God in the can.
因?yàn)槭旨艿牡览?，在那滅亡的人為愚拙，在我們得救的人卻為上帝的大能。
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Leaving it in the middle of the floor is actually a kindness — I won’t have to hunt around in the can for it and possible stick myself.
把針頭留在地板上的人真善良 - 這樣我就用不著在垃圾桶里找針頭，否則可能會(huì)扎到我自己。
Anyway, I used up the water in the can first then went to draw more from the well.
不管怎樣，我先是用完了壺里的水，然后才去井里打水。

Also,the root can stay in the ground for as long as three years, so it can be harvested as needed.
This is a strategy called double syntax, the notion that "in the Beginning" can modify one verb or the other.
這種手法叫做雙關(guān)句，也就是,“太初“可同時(shí)修飾兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞。
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Okay. Now I want to turn to Tony as an instance of the way in which reading for the plot can take place.
好了，現(xiàn)在我想回頭講《托尼的拖車》,這是一個(gè)說明我們會(huì)去閱讀情節(jié)的好例子。
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Some lady in the can-eyed glasses with the sweater with the chain is going shh.
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If a film is in the can, filming has finished and it is ready to be prepared for showing to the public.