If the first stroke of the flint doth not bring forth the fire, you must strike again.

如果第一击不能叫燧石发出火来，你就当再击一次。

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One mother's letter describes how she taught her four-year-old to lay kindling and strike a match to start a fire.

卢瑟福说，“一位妈妈的信中写了她如何教四岁的孩子准备生火，划火柴点着火。”

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United Technologies has suffered a few setbacks this year, including a fire in the prototype for the geared turbofan on the Bombardier C-Series and an engine blowout on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

联合技术公司在今年曾遭遇过多次打击，包括庞巴迪c系列的齿轮传动式涡轮风扇发动机原型起火，还有F - 35联合攻击战斗机的引擎爆炸。

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Unions have called for a nationwide strike in September, against plans to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Israel retaliated with tank fire and an air strike, killing two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist.

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Israel responded with tank fire and a helicopter strike, killing two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist.

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The fact is we planned very fully to deal with these contingencies which are here now, and we have a system which in a very unsatisfactory state of affairs, a fire strike, is as robust as it could be.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

But when word and ritual come together in the best way, it can strike fire in human hearts.

CNN: Pope Francis' gestures strike fire in our hearts

Elsewhere in the Caribbean, a lightning strike sparked a fire Monday that destroyed the island home of Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS