All of complex life is in one hand, and in a single stroke with a medium-grained nail file you could eradicate human history.

全部复杂生命都在一只手里，“你只要拿起一把中度粒面的指甲锉，一下子就可以锉掉人类”。

Almost the only good money in circulation consisted of English, French, and Spanish coins, and the public was even defrauded by them because money changers were busy clipping and filing away the metal.

几乎唯一流的好钱是英国、法国西牙的硬币，公众甚至被他们骗了， 因为货币兑换商忙于剪下锉掉金属。

" Ha ha ha, " said Eleseus himself at that; but he went in to his mother, and got her to give him an old thimble, filed off the end, and made quite a fine ferrule.

“哈哈哈，” Eleseus 自己说。 但他去找他妈妈， 让她给他一个旧顶针， 锉掉末端，做了一个非常漂亮的套圈。