There are too many deadwood phrases in your writing .
你文章里用来太多的赘语。
They have the deadwood on you now , for they know you took that girl into your room .
他们现在抓住了你的把柄了,因为他们知道你带那个女孩到你房间里去了。
But as my friend flemming says , sometimes you have to wait for the old deadwood hogging all the sunlight to collapse before the new seeds can germinate ( or else you need to be a fungus ) .
Sir howard spent the first few years shunting aside deadwood managers who sabotaged his reforms . He promoted talented young executives , such as kazuo hirai , who at the age of 50 heads sony 's gaming and network services , and is tipped as sir howard 's successor .