So I guess he was a sweet hand at the tiller.

所以，据我猜测，他握在舵柄的手大概还散发着香气吧。

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Mr McGuinty, for his part, adroitly deployed a tactic Mr Harper had used successfully at the federal level, saying that hard economic times demand an experienced hand at the tiller.

就麦根第而言，沿用了哈珀在联邦委员会时屡试不爽时的老一套。他说经济困难时，就要用经验渡过。

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He says hand tools like tilling forks, shovels and thatching rakes require more work than a rotary tiller, but they work well and cost less.

他认为像耕作叉、铲子和茅草耙子一样的手动工具比耕作机需求更多的工作量，但工作的更好，花费的更少。

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He says hand tools like tilling forks, shovels and thatching rakes require more work than a rotary tiller, but they work well and cost less.

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