When you cut up a log into boards the thickness of your saw matters.

当你要把一根原木切割成一块块木板时，你的锯的厚度很关键。

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Then he got a saw from the van and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road.

接着他从货车内取出一把锯子，在路边锯下一大块伐木。

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As a bonus, in researching this little factoid I discovered a new word I hadn't known before; kerf. When you cut up a log into boards the thickness of your saw matters.

我在查询这个小词的时候，额外地发现了一个我以前不知道的新词：kerf .当你要把一根原木切割成一块块木板时，你的锯的厚度很关键。

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The going for a fissile-material cut-off treaty at the log-jammed Conference on Disarmament could be harder still.

ECONOMIST: Nuclear disarmament

Place a freshly cut, 2- to 3- foot long log upright on the bare ground, place a mound of dirt on the top end and cover it loosely with black plastic.

NPR: Excerpt: 'A Splintered History Of Wood'