A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.

一个蓄意破坏公物者用链锯锯倒了一棵树。

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I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!

我不得不砍了一棵树，然后找了7位邻居帮忙把它从院子里弄出去。

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Also, remember that sometimes it's necessary to cut down a tree.

另外，请记住，有时有必要砍倒一棵树。

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The Lebanese military says it soldiers opened fire when the Israelis strayed across the border to cut down a tree.

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It is said that the Romans often cut down a fir tree to keep in their houses during the sparse winter months as a form of appeasement to the goddess Ceres (originally Demeter, Greek goddess of the hearth).

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Campaigners fighting plans to cut down a historic elm tree in Brighton have ended their protest after the city council agreed to hold talks with them.

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Two years later, in 2008, then-U.S. captain Paul Azinger was determined to make similar changes, including having a tree limb cut down after one team member found it was disrupting his tee shot on the 16th hole.

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