At 22, he borrowed a pocket watch, and without any training, figured out how to carve a working wooden clock that chimed each hour.

22岁时，他向他人借来了一个怀表，在未经任何训练的下，他自己动手凋刻、制作了一个每小时报时一次的木制时钟。

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He knows how to bow to foreign diplomats in the manner of their own countries, sits at table without fidgeting or feeding spaniels, can neatly carve and joint any fowl if requested to serve his elders.

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Pediatricians try to carve out time for some private conversation, without a parent present, starting around age 10.

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But there is no way to carve out venture capital from the bill, without risking buy-out shops wiggling their way through that hole too.

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