We all told him to stop complaining and help us start a fire to cook our food instead.

我们都告诉他不要再抱怨了，不如帮我们生火煮饭。

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We collected dry sticks to start a fire.

我们捡了些枯枝生起火来。

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Many things can start a fire.

很多事情能开始一场火灾。

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You start here and you fire a projectile It's going to go up and it's going to come down.

从这开始,你抛出一个物体,它将上升至一定高度然后落下

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It has to be said, though, that the night of January 29th 1996 was a good time to start a fire.

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Moreover, the company notes that printers are equipped with thermal switches that would prevent the fuser from getting hot enough to start a fire.

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There might be some funny scenes in the movie, but even a caveman knows that you can't start a fire without rubbing the sticks together.

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