The Okefenokee,which is already nearly choked with plants, would probably fill in,dry up, and become just another cypress and pine forest were it not for range fires that come along every once in awhile and burn out decayed vegetation.

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It's providing a means of deciding where the gum has decayed.

提供了决定牙周炎在哪恶化的手段。

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Think about how the world has decayed, since those days.

想想世界是怎样堕落的,从人们开始喝酒起

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My house is a decayed house.

我的房子是一幢倾圮的房屋。

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