In THE summer of 1912 Harry Houdini was clapped in manacles and leg-irons, stuffed into a crate that had been weighed down by lead, and dropped from a tugboat into New York's East River.

在1912年夏天，Harry Houdini被拷在手铐和脚镣中，塞进一个灌铅的小木箱，然后从一艘拖船上被扔进纽约的东河中。

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No leg - irons could restrain him.

任何脚也不能拴住他。

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Beckham seems to use his right leg like it is a set of golf irons, adjusting the length of his pass accordingly to get the distance just right.

贝克汉踢右脚就如用一组高尔夫球竿般运用自如，可适当调整传球远近，距离恰到好处。

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Her dancing was all the more extraordinary because, as a child, she had been so knock-kneed and flat-footed that doctors predicted she would spend her life in leg-irons.

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