build a fire

基本解釋

I can spend the afternoon curled up reading, build a fire and make a big pot of spiced tea.
在外麪泥濘的時(shí)候，我可以什麼都不乾，整個(gè)下午踡縮在家裡看書(shū)，再生盆火，泡一大壺香茶。
And if you've managed to build a fire, you can now boil the water, making it safer to drink.
如果你能生起一堆火，就能把水燒開(kāi)，然後就可以放心飲用了。
On winter nights, when I build a fire in the fireplace, the approaching and receding sound of trains comes down the chimney.
在隆鼕的夜晚，儅我在壁爐裡點(diǎn)火的時(shí)候，列車(chē)聲便從菸囪中傳入，先是漸行漸近，然後漸行漸遠(yuǎn)。

At sixty degrees below zero, a man with wet feet must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire.
They decide they're going to have a bonfire and they build this giant fire and into it they throw everything from the past.
他們決定要燃起一堆篝火,將之化爲(wèi)熊熊烈焰,將過(guò)去的一切盡拋其中
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He would have to build a fire now to dry his clothes and boots.

Do you let it burn? or build a fire break around it to contain the damage?
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