Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
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0 the following passage is a part of article printed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 02 br
00 the subject is saw, the wood cutting tool. 02 br
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00 "The familiar modern handsaw, with its thin but wide steel blade, cuts on the push stroke; this permits down-hand sawing on wood laid across the knee or on a stool, and the sawing pressure helps to hold the wood still." 02 br
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00 my question is, being an amature carpenter myself, how the hell do you do to a piece of wood laiding across the knee? or on a stool? and cut it down hand? most strangely, THE knee, not knees. where the hell do i lay the other end of the wood? 02 br
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00 is it the result of incompetence of the language or of the writer? 0-
00 the subject is saw, the wood cutting tool. 02 br
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00 "The familiar modern handsaw, with its thin but wide steel blade, cuts on the push stroke; this permits down-hand sawing on wood laid across the knee or on a stool, and the sawing pressure helps to hold the wood still." 02 br
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00 my question is, being an amature carpenter myself, how the hell do you do to a piece of wood laiding across the knee? or on a stool? and cut it down hand? most strangely, THE knee, not knees. where the hell do i lay the other end of the wood? 02 br
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00 is it the result of incompetence of the language or of the writer? 0-
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0 >where the **** do i lay the other end of the wood 02 br 02 br 00 Held in your left hand, while cutting with the saw in your right hand the other end, the knee in the middle, under the piece of wood. 0-
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0 >where the **** do i lay the other end of the wood 02 br
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00 Held in your left hand, while cutting with the saw in your right hand the other end, the knee in the middle, under the piece of wood. 0-
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00 Held in your left hand, while cutting with the saw in your right hand the other end, the knee in the middle, under the piece of wood. 0-
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0 it says "laid across the knee". and downhand. downhand means "cutting the wood from below", am i right? if so how can you get the job done? 0-
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0 No - it means that you are cutting the wood on the downward push on the saw. 0-
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0 You'd only cut a small piece of wood on your knee - they are not talking about cutting great big planks or anything 05 0 00 . It wouldn't be the easiest way to cut something though, it seems strange for them to mention it! 02 br
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00 Anyway, see the pic for this type of saw in use. All the article means is that the actual cutting is done when you push the saw downwards t
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00 Anyway, see the pic for this type of saw in use. All the article means is that the actual cutting is done when you push the saw downwards t
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