He was sawing energetically at a loaf of bread.

他正用力切着一条面包。

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The cost of a loaf of bread has increased five-fold.

一块面包的价格已经涨了5倍。

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A rich man who made bread and cakes sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and told them to take a loaf of bread from a basket every day till the hard days passed.

一个做糕点的富人叫来镇上二十个最穷的孩子，让他们每天从篮子里拿一块面包，直到度过艰难的日子。

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One suggestion is to remove the center from a loaf of bread and hide a snake inside -- a live one if possible.

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Would it be wrong for someone to steal a loaf of bread to feed his starving family?

如果有人偷了块面包，来养活快要饿死的家人,那是错的吗？

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Is it all right to steal a loaf of bread to feed a starving family or to steal a drug that your child needs to survive?

为了养活快饿死的家人而偷块面包，可以吗,或是为了救你孩子的命而偷药呢，又怎样？

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But the product is as legal as a loaf of bread or a jar of pickles.

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Nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving family.

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This star over here is a loaf of bread of a certain weight and quality.

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