When I help my mother in the kitchen, I always pull the strings out before slicing celery.

以前在家帮妈妈做饭时，我总是在切芹菜前把里面的丝抽掉。

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To turn on all the lights in a room, it is necessary to go to each place and pull the strings.

为了打开房间内所有的灯，去每一个空间拉灯绳是必要的。

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However, someone managed to pull the strings to visit the wards and gave the presents in person.

但总是有一些人利用特殊关系，被允许进入病房探望病人并亲自把礼物送到病人手中。

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Facebook and Zuckerberg are equally inextricable even though Thiel may pull the strings.

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Field-Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has continued to pull the strings in Egypt, was named defence minister.

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Wales reasserted themselves, with Ramsey starting to pull the strings from midfield, and a Bale free-kick from wide left fizzed across goal but just lacked a final touch.

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