Mary, get me a silk thread, and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen.

玛丽，给我拿根丝线，再从厨房里找块烧红的火炭来。

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Embroidery workers need to divide each silk thread into more than 10 or even 30 smaller threads.

刺绣工需要把每根丝线分成10多根，甚至30根更小的线。

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One strand of silk doesn't make a thread; one tree doesn't make a forest.

单丝不成线， 独木不成林。

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