He set out to chisel a dog out of sandstone.

他开始用凿子将砂岩雕刻成一只狗。

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Later, after he taught me the proper use of hammer and chisel, I began to hollow out the hull.

不一会儿，他就教我使用锤子和凿子，我又开始挖船体。

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Woolenness and wetness aren't exactly two concepts that go together. Why not chisel a coral reef out of marble?Cast it in bronze.

毛织品和湿度是两个完全不同的概念，为什麽不用大理石雕凿珊瑚礁并用青铜浇铸？

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It's so useful that five out of our top twenty tools--the chisel, the lathe, the saw, the scythe and the sword--are themselves forms of the knife, specialized for different circumstances.

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