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hairbreadth n. 一發之差,極微小的距離 (by a hairbre...

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Chateau and hut , stone face and dangling figure , the red stain on the stone floor , and the pure water in the village well - thousands of acres of land - a whole province of france - all france itself - lay under the night sky , concentrated into a faint hairbreadth line 莊園與茅屋石雕人面與吊著搖搖晃晃的身影石頭地板上的斑斑血跡與鄉村泉眼中的清清流泉數以干畝計的土地一法蘭西的一個省區法蘭西的整體一它們全都在夜空之下凝聚成了一條微弱的細線。

It s a strange way of killing ! not by inches , but by fractions and hairbreadths , to beguile me with the spectre of a hope , through eighteen years 那是一種奇怪的殺人方法:不是一寸寸的,而是像頭發絲那樣的一絲絲地割,十八年來就用幽靈樣的希望來引誘我! ”

To see a boy go into a grocery store at noon recess…was a hairbreadth short of a miracle to me . 看到男生在午休時去雜貨店…對我來說簡直是個奇跡。