"It is a very thick wall," she acknowledged as she inspected it, hammer and chisel in hand.

“这是一堵非常厚实的墙”，手中拿着锤头和凿子，她承认道。

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With the aid of these he contrived to make many curious articles, at which he worked with so much skill that he seemed to have been born with a saw or a chisel in his hand.

由于有这些工具，加之精湛的手艺，他造出了许多罕见的东西，好像他天生就会用锯子和凿刀似的（天生就是干这行的）。

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You might as well chisel the sidewalk in front of your house.

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For two years (though not from the outset of his term), Mr Prodi has had one main objective in office: to chisel Italy's way into Europe's single currency.

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The details of that event are carved in my memory by an emotional chisel that has left permanent, deep-rutted scars.

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