Mrs. Watts was sitting alone in a white iron bed cutting her toenails with a large pair of scissors.

Watts太太独自坐在,一张白色的铁床上,用一把很大的剪刀,剪自己的脚趾甲。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What you used to do is, every six months you'd pull out your bonds and you'd clip the coupons with a pair of scissors; you take them to a bank and they would give you cash for your coupons.

过去,你每六个月从你的债券上,用剪刀剪下息票,把它拿到银行,用息票兑换现金

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