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基本解释

Fortunately we have good river water which we can cart in from upstream while the drilling – inch by inch – continues.
还好，在钻井一英寸一英寸向前推进时，还有水质很好的河水可用，我们用车从上游运水过来。
Mama Lena's was already offering a 30-inch by 30-inch, 64-slice pizza when Carrabbia read about the current record holder in a trade magazine and figured he could beat it.
卡拉比亚从一本行业杂志上了解到目前的吉尼斯世界纪录时，“莉娜妈妈”店已经有长宽为30英寸、可切为64块的比萨饼可卖了，所以，卡拉比亚觉得破纪录没有问题。
Such kind of people are just like the water on the mountain. It stands high above the masses at the beginning, but gradually it comes down inch by inch and loses the chance of going up.
这种人就像山上的水，刚开始的时候，是高高在上，但逐渐逐渐地它就越来越下降，再没有一个上升的机会。

We know that we stand on other shoulders and step by step, inch by inch, we make progress.
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We did it by summoning the courage to persevere, and adapt, and push this country forward, inch by inch.
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