I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.

我坐下来，穿好针，剪下了一粒旧钮扣。

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How do you thread a needle on this sewing machine?

你怎么把针穿在这台缝纫机上？

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When people pshaw and say they're unable to draw, ask them simply whether they can thread a needle, or ride a bicycle.

当人们表示不屑并说自己不会画画的时候，只要问问他们会不会穿针引线，会不会骑自行车。

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She watched as her grandmother struggled to thread a needle with fingers that were beginning to bend at odd angles, like old trees.

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From the valley below, each pier and mast merge to look like a single needle with an elongated eye: Foster's drawings, in fact, depict a thread piercing the eye of a needle.

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But a needle and thread could.

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