cut firewood

基本解释

An axe without a handle does not cut firewood.
无柄的斧头不能砍柴…
Sick bedridden mother, dog eggs every day to cut firewood hill, pick to town to sell, go buy medicine and food.
妈妈患病卧床不起，狗蛋每天都到山上砍了柴，挑到城里卖掉，再去买回药和食物。
At that time, young as they were, they climbed the mountains to cut firewood for the family with me;
那时，幼小的她们曾经为了那个家，和我一起上山砍柴；
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Telling white pioneers that they could no longer shoot game in the boundaries of Yosemite National Park to feed their families or cut down trees for firewood was much harder.

And it works the other way too: Our BMW worker going off into the woods to cut firewood for the winter has less environmental impact (given the size of German forests at least) than our GM one staying on the production line and using the money to buy heating oil for the winter.
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During this time, trees drop their leaves, providing nitrogen-rich mulch, and they are then cut and harvested for poles or firewood.
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