The effect is altogether lighter and freer than what achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.

比起由石头所制成的雕像，木质雕像和金属雕像总体感觉更加轻巧和灵活，但是因为都有相同的功能，这两种正式的雕像仍然采用了“正面描绘”的展现手法。

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People should remember that our proposals aren't carved in stone.

人们应记住我们的建议并非板上钉钉。

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He was praised in print and memorialized in stone throughout the South.

在整个南方地区，他被著书称颂，刻碑纪念。

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The writing on the stone says in large letters: Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

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I was given two weeks and one other programmer in Biz Stone to write the software. And we did it.

我和比兹·斯通手下的另一个程序设计师,得到了两周时间来编写软件。

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who was refuted by Dr. Johnson who kicked a stone and leaped away in terrible pain saying, "I refute it thus."

约翰逊先生反对理想主义者，他踢开一块石头,跳开到很远，一副痛苦不堪的样子，说，“我这样来反驳“

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There you will also find the large, concerned face of Medusa carved in stone.

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First there were plans to expand the old ch??teau by enveloping it in stone.

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So this isn't all fixed in stone when you talk about the Latino, the Hispanic vote.

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