Ethel pecked them off and Mum couldn't thread a needle 'cos she'd been testing the sherry so she used pegs instead.

都是被伊索给啄掉的，妈妈因为一直在试喝雪利，连线头都穿不过针眼，所以就用夹子充数了。

Shut one eye and it’s probably tough to thread a needle but the world doesn’t become completely flat.

闭上一只眼睛，穿针引线可能很困难，但世界不会变得完全平坦。

I have seen a white mare of our family thread a needle (which I lent her on purpose) with that joint.

我曾见过我们家的一匹白母马用那个关节穿针（我特意借给她的）。

Among these popular traditions involved women, usually in the evening on Qixi, showing their dexterity skills by speedily threading a needle under moonlight.

在这些流行的传统中， 女性通常在七夕的晚上， 在月光下快速穿针以展示她们的灵巧技能。

In the darkness of theroom she was able to thread a needle and sew a buttonhole and she knew when the milk was about to boil.

在黑暗的房间里，她能穿针线、缝扣眼，而且她知道牛奶什么时候要沸腾。

He said: " Oh, no, I hardly ever think about it. I am not married; and the only time I ever think about it is when I try to thread a needle" .

他说：“哦， 不，我几乎没有想过。我没有结婚； 我唯一一次想过它是在我试图穿针的时候” 。

Fernanda was present several times and did not see her, in spite of the fact that she was so real, so human, and on one occasion asked of Amaranta the favor of threading a needle.

费尔南达来过几次， 但都没有看到她，尽管她是如此真实、如此人性化， 有一次她还请求阿玛兰塔帮忙穿针。

When all the straws were braided, she threaded a needle with strong white thread, and beginning at the end of a braid she sewed it round and round, holding the braid so it would lie flat after it was sewed.

当所有的稻草都编好后， 她用结实的白线穿了一根针，从辫子的末端开始， 她把它缝了一圈又一圈， 拿着辫子，这样缝好后它就会平放。