Millin was a crusty old codger who took the college job after he retired from the navy.

米林是一位脾气暴躁的老伙计，从海军退役后就在大学里找了这么个活儿。

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The old codger may need a cane to walk, but not for his mind, which is still sharp as a razor blade .

这个古怪的老头子走路可能离不开拐棍，可动脑筋时却不同了，他的头脑仍然象刀片一样锋利。

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The motion for the Humble Address is proposed by a senior and seconded by a junior government MP - "a genial old codger on the way out, and an oily young man on the make" as the former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell put it, when he was the junior MP in question.

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