clod

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Inside is this giant dirt clod.
那裡麪是一個(gè)巨大的土塊。
Sticking out of the clod is a shoe.
從土塊裡還伸出來一衹鞋。
He must distinguish infallibly between the little clod of manure , which sticks to the crocus of necessity, and that which is plastered to it out of bravado.
他必須準(zhǔn)確無誤地分辯出哪些是出於必要而黏在報(bào)春花上麪的小小糞土塊，哪些是爲(wèi)了虛張聲勢而有意塗抹在報(bào)春花上麪的汙泥。

Or am I over-thinking this and, instead, I once again acted like a clod?
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