Lucy knows how to add and substract but fractions have her up a stump.

做加减法，露西不成问题，可分数却难倒了她。

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The guy pulled a stump of wood up next to me at the table and watched me chew through the sautéed woody stems.

那家伙把一截木桩拉到我餐桌旁边，看着我咀嚼腌制的木茎。

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In prosperous northern Indian states, women whose families have failed to stump up a sufficient dowry still get killed or disfigured.

在繁荣的印度北部地区，如果女子的家人不能拿出足够的嫁妆，她们还会被杀或是毁容。

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But unless outsiders stump up a lot more money, countries in the region will remain reluctant partners.

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Speaking as the Conservative Party prepared to announce the name of its candidate, meaning it could go ahead with full public campaigning, Mr Dobson said that he was so confident that no minister would back Ken Livingstone he was willing to stump up "a tenner" for each one that did.

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The anonymous caller promised a lucrative deal over the phone: stump up dollars in advance and he would produce a glittering hoard in Johannesburg.

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