Bone fragments and metal chips now rested within a quarter inch of his heart.

骨头和金属碎片散布在离他心脏四分之一英尺的地方。

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Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right.

果真，医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。

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His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof vest.

他被0.25英寸厚的防弹背心救了一命。

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Artists encase the structure in a quarter inch of fiberglass.

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You slide a small camera a laparoscope into the abdomen through a quarter-inch incision near the belly button, insert a long grasper through an incision beneath the waistline, and push a device for stapling and cutting through an incision in the left lower abdomen.

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