《论衡·卷二十二·纪妖篇》
于是往前走，拔剑砍斩大蛇，于是大蛇被分成两截。
乃前，拔剑击斩蛇，蛇遂分两，径开。
So he walked forward and pulled out his sword to cut the big snake, and the big snake was cut into two pieces.
<s>[INST] 请将下面的文言文翻译成英语: 乃前，拔剑击斩蛇，蛇遂分两，径开。 [/INST] So he walked forward and pulled out his sword to cut the big snake, and the big snake was cut into two pieces.</s>
请将下面的文言文翻译成英语: 乃前，拔剑击斩蛇，蛇遂分两，径开。
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So he walked forward and pulled out his sword to cut the big snake, and the big snake was cut into two pieces.
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