Tom Waits: Is it a diamond or a piece of coal with patience?

汤姆·韦斯：这是钻石或一块煤与耐心？

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At one station, a train driver threw a piece of coal at one of us, hitting him in the eye.

在一个火车站上，一位火车司机用煤块掷向我们，我们中的一位被打中了眼睛。

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Jack placed a piece of coal into a carved-out turnip and used it as a lantern to keep the evil spirits away.

杰克把炭火放进他自己雕刻的白萝卜里作为灯笼，用以驱赶恶灵。

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"It allows us to find the very dark asteroids, the ones that are more like a piece of coal and than shiny pavement, " she said.

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Who, after all, could claim to a smaller carbon footprint than the man who tried to heat his office with a single piece of coal?

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Suncor has run into an extra rich piece of ore with a high coal component, he said, which caused problems in the extraction process.

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