This picture echoes an old Chinese poem: Sharp edge of a sword comes out from grinding, and plum blossom's fragrance comes from the bitter cold.

这张照片和一首中国古诗产生了共鸣：宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。

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Merlin arranged a pageant where many knights came to try their luck at pulling a sword out of a stone.

梅林安排了一场表演，让许多骑士来碰碰运气，试着从石头中拔出一把剑。

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That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

一切有血气的就知道我耶和华已经拔刀出鞘，必不再入鞘。

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I collected my sword and a spear. I hurried out of the building and joined a group of warriors moving toward the end of the city.

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But the strongmen and sword swallowers who perform at the Coney Island Circus Sideshow will be out of work until May 24, when owner Dick Zigun is able to open the first floor of the landmark building that houses it as well as a bar, gift shop and dressing room destroyed by Sandy.

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It turns out that this kind of mix-'em-up creativity is a double-edged sword for a man of Powell's clout in the industry.

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But she snaps out of her dreaminess to become an impulsive young woman bent on revenge, hacking at her hair with her sword in the hope that she will be taken more seriously by the men whose world she has chosen to share.

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