Corn silk – the fine threads on corn on the cob – can be made into tea which has been used totreat an array of health issues.

玉米须——玉米芯上的细线——可以用来泡茶，人们已用这种方法治疗了很多的健康问题。

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Don't be irritated. Behold, it looks like needles, like fine threads, so thickly slantingly spun that it forms a thin mist over the rooftop.

可别恼，看，像花针，像细丝，密密地斜织着，屋顶上全笼着一层薄烟。

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See far-away place, whether have light breeze to kiss, in fine threads flowed cloud to jump, if have, that certainly is I look for your eyes, being waiting for you slowly.

看看远方，是否有轻风拂柳，丝丝流云跃过，如果有，那一定是我寻找你的眼睛，缓缓的在把你等待。

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This might be a slice of toast and honey with a peeled satsuma from which I have removed any stray threads of pith, or perhaps an apple, cored and cut into fine slices, with a few cubes of Cheddar.

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