But that would mean injecting my eyeball with a very large needle and then enduring several agonizing hours of surgery while my retina was being repaired.

那个也就意味着要用一根非常大的针向我的眼睛里进行注射，而且要忍受整个视网膜修复过程带来的精神和身体上带来的痛苦。

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In a safe place Tom examined two large needles which were thrust into the lapels of his jacket, and had thread bound about them — one needle carried white thread and the other black. He said.

在一个安全的地方，汤姆仔细检查了别在上衣翻领上的两根大针，针上还穿着线，一根。

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How can you make a large piece of iron into a needle?

你怎么能把一大块铁变成一根针呢？

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It involves putting a needle, a fairly large needle into usually one of the pelvic bones and collecting marrow from which is tissue that's deep inside those bones.

先要用针头,相当大的针头刺进你的盆骨,然后进行收集,这些在骨头深处的骨髓

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Up until earlier this year Mr Bull was assessed and diagnosed by biopsy, using a large needle pushed through the ribs, which would often have to be repeated for accuracy.

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Many vitamin and supplement makers are small, so the acquisitions are unlikely to move the needle much for large consumer and drug companies.

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Nothing that happens in South Africa any time soon is going to be large enough to move the needle as far as Wal-Mart stock is concerned, but it is positive to see the company embarking on the next phase of their overseas expansion now that Brazil, China and other markets have proven successful.

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