Harry wound his hand tightly into the mane of the nearest Thestral, placed a foot on a stump nearby and scrambled clumsily on to the horse's silken back.
When you think you're lost, sit down on the log or a rock, or lean against the tree, and recite something that you have memorized, to bring your mind to a point where it is under control.
He uses old tree stumps to fashion new climbing hand holds and while most people stop when they hit the wall. That's where Peck gets started on his workouts.
But now Dee and his colleagues have been able to come up with a precise date—the year 1021—based on evidence these Norse visitors left behind: specifically, a stump, a log and a branch.
但在 Dee 和同事们已经能提出“1021年”这种准确日期了——凭借那些挪威旅行者留下的证据,特别是树桩、圆木和树枝。
How's your back? - If I don't breathe, great. God, it has been so long since my back has acted up. Then, wham! Out of the blue, I'm crying by a tree stump.