所有这一切都是用魔术师般的才能完成的。

All this was done with the talent of a juggler.

youdao

我曾跟随一个设计师在日本实习，这位设计师用一种最终会被冲走的可溶解纱线做缝纫指南。

I did a residency with a designer in Japan who used, as a sewing guide, a dissolvable yarn that eventually washed away.

youdao

要问的是魔术师，他们的职业是愚弄别人，让他们看起来好像可以用魔法做事情。

The person to ask is a magician, somebody whose profession is to fool people and make it look like they can do things with magic.

youdao

I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and no man could learn that song.

我听到竖琴师用他们的竖琴反复演奏着：，…,没人能学会那首歌。

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He says someone with a flair for cocktail party conversation, a witticism, would say this. He gives it to us, but he frames it as an affectation of style.

他说在一个鸡尾酒派对上交谈的调酒师，这是妙语，他给我们了，但是他将其用娇柔做作的风格包装起来。

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