他的妻子是个矮小干枯的女人，从侧面上看去就像是一把短短的打磨精细的斧头柄。

His wife, a tiny woman with the profile of a finely honed hatchet.

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最终，机器的原来的零件一个都不剩了，但它仍继续运转，就像林肯的那把有名的斧头，换过三个柄和两个刀锋。

Eventually, no part of the original may remain, but it still carries on, like Lincoln's famous axe that had had three new handles and two new blade.

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你那柄忠实的旧斧头已经行将就木了么？

Is the old faithful axe on its last leg?

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