但事实证明我就是他们要找的人选：一枚棋子。
But as it turned out I was exactly what they were looking for: a pawn.
不过也不总是这样。她以前是最弱的一枚棋子。
Wasn't always the case though. She used to be one of the weakest pieces.
还有些歪歪扭扭，像一枚棋子或顶针那样大小，醉眼朦胧的，似乎吃了太多的本地米酒。
Others are lopsided, as small as a chess piece, or a thimble, and squiffy-eyed, as if they have availed themselves of too much of the local rice whisky.
我现在仍然认为他是个好人，但是犯了一个可怕的错误，由于不想成为斯塔尔手中的一枚棋子，他不得不付出了很大的代价。
I still think he's a good man who made a bad mistake, one he had to pay too high a price for, because he refused to become a pawn in Starr's game.
然而，这听上去很容易误导人。因为从我们今天的观点来看，失去了最重要的一枚棋子也就意味着“我没法再继续玩下去了（wecoutheno lengerpleye）”，不过，这可不是乔叟那个时候的规矩。
This is a little misleading however because from our perspective the loss of the most powerful chess piece would mean that we couthe no lenger pleye, but that wasn’t the case in Chaucer’s time.
然而，这听上去很容易误导人。因为从我们今天的观点来看，失去了最重要的一枚棋子也就意味着“我没法再继续玩下去了（wecoutheno lengerpleye）”，不过，这可不是乔叟那个时候的规矩。
This is a little misleading however because from our perspective the loss of the most powerful chess piece would mean that we couthe no lenger pleye, but that wasn’t the case in Chaucer’s time.
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