These thick paints can be spread in layers, one over another, to produce interesting effects of light and color.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

If anything happens to me in my livelihood, then it's spread out over everybody and everybody means the whole world.

如果我的生计出问题了，它将分散到每个人身上,每个人指全世界的人。

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Whatever happens to me, when it's spread out over six billion plus people, it ends up divided by six billion and it becomes unobservable.

发生在我身上的事，分散到六十多亿人口上，被六十亿除,就变得难以察觉。

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Then spread loose straw ten to fifteen centimeters deep over the seed pieces and between the planted rows.

VOA: special.2009.03.10