The fossils had been chipped out of the rock.

那些化石已从岩石上被凿了下来。

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It is a barbed arrow-head, neatly chipped out of yellow flint.

那是一个装有倒钩的箭头，使用黄燧石做成的，做工精细。

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Weirder still, Vivian and Wilson get out at their chosen stop and then walk, ambling through districts that feel chipped and defaced, both half forgotten and half built.

威尔逊和薇薇安怪异依旧，他们走出地铁站，然后又漫无目的地游走在街上，感到彼此之间有些东西磨损，碎裂，一半被忘却，一半被建立。

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After a great break by Denis Hickie, captain Brian O'Driscoll chipped ahead and out-paced Tertius Losper to score, with Ronan O'Gara converting.

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It's one of the most ancient tools in our arsenal--our ancestors chipped the first ones out of rock more than two million years ago.

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Everybody chipped in, but Yuvraj stood out.

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