I cleared the land. And I fenced it!

“是我！是我开的地，也是我拉的铁丝网。”

Who did this? I asked. Who cleared the land and fenced it?

“这是谁弄的？”我问。“是谁开辟了这块地，又拉了这个铁丝网？”

" I'm painting this fence. It is a lot of fun , " answered Tom.

“我在给篱笆刷油漆。这非常好玩儿。”汤姆回答。

If you're on the fence, it means that you are unable to decide between something.

如果你抱观望态度，这意味着你无法在某些事之间做出决定。

When you are on the fence it means that you're not able to decide something.

当你犹豫不决时，这意味着你不能决定某事。

Yet their letter pointedly does not aim to mend fences (it is doubtful Mr Krugman would be interested).

然而Reinhart和Rogoff的信并不是为了改善他们和Krugman之间的关系（Krugman对此会不会感兴趣还是个疑问）。

ALICE WINKLER: August Wilson wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences. It's now a movie, as well.

奥古斯特·威尔逊写出了获得普利策奖的剧本《藩篱》。现在它也被拍成了电影。

" I told you to fence it in" .

“我告诉过你把它围起来”。

Tom's aunt gave him a task of to paint their fence. It was 30 yards long and three yards high.

Tom 的姨妈交待给他了一个任务，给他们的围栏刷油漆。这围栏有30 码长 3 码高！

Try to grab him when he goes to fence it.

那可以试着在他销赃的时候抓住他。

He looked at the fence; it was three metres high and thirty metres long.

他看着栅栏；它高三米，长三十米。

It means that firefighters have fenced it in so to speak and don't expect it to spread further.

这意味着消防员可以说已经将它围起来并且不希望它进一步传播。

Most of the escapes from Auschwitz happened from the outside, escaping through the barbed wire fence, it was basically impossible.

奥斯威辛的越狱大多是从外面，从铁丝网里逃出去， 基本不可能。

And on the border fence, it's now appearing clear the U.S. taxpayers will have to pay for it up front.

而在边境围栏上，现在看来很明显，美国纳税人必须预先支付费用。

Preach. And as an added bonus, the word " touche" comes from fencing. It would be our only opportunity to use it in a nonmetaphorical sense.

同意, 而且有个加分项, " 一针见血" 这词原是击剑中得分之意, 是我们唯一能不带隐喻地使用这词的地方。

Many fans of the film make a pilgrimage here to see the oak, so many that the tree's owner, a local attorney, felt the need to fence it in.

这部电影的许多影迷都来这里朝圣， 只为一睹这棵橡树的风采，以至于这棵树的主人， 一位当地律师，觉得有必要将它围起来。

So she watches through this chain link fence. It's this literal thing separating them, but even if it weren't there, there'd be no crossing from where she is to where they are.

所以她透过铁丝网围栏观看。这是将他们分开的字面意思，但即使不存在，也不会从她所在的地方到他们所在的地方。