Equipped with a magnifying glass, he lit a fire of deadwood that was soon crackling merrily.

他于是拿了火镜，利用阳光，把干树枝点着，火光熊熊燃烧起来了。

So, effectively, what he is telling me, and us, is that when it comes to my science, I'm deadwood.

所以，实际上，他告诉我们的是，当涉及到我的科学研究时，我是一块呆木。

There was a lot of deadwood around.For a start, those non-entities at the Academy of Painting, they'd have to go.

朽木实在是太多了，首先在绘画学院里的那些挂着虚名的家伙就得走。

(Laughter) So, effectively, what he is telling me, and us, is that when it comes to my science, I'm deadwood.

（笑声） 所以， 实际上，他告诉我和我们的是，当涉及到我的科学时， 我是枯木。

He brought down a white pigeon and a ringdove, which were briskly plucked, hung from a spit, and roasted over a blazing fire of deadwood.

他打下一只白鸽和一只山鸠。急忙把它们拔掉羽毛，挂在叉子上，放在燃点起来的干木头的旺火上烤着。

An important task for revision is to trim all the deadwood, pruning all the redundancies, wordiness, and confusing and misleading ambiguities.

修订的一项重要任务是修剪所有的枯木，删去所有的冗余、冗长和令人困惑和误导的歧义。