You realize that the difference between being alive and being dead is the difference of a little fingernail.

“你会意识到，活着和死去的区别就像小指甲的区别。”

You sparkle like diamond in the sky.

你的指甲会像天上的钻石一样闪闪发光。

These large protective scales are made of keratin, the same thing human nails and hair are made from.

这些巨大的保护鳞是由角蛋白制成的，成分就像人类的指甲和头发。

On top would be a thick layer of fingernail-like skin, almost impossible to bite through.

最上面是一层厚厚的像手指甲一样的表皮，几乎不可能被咬穿。

But in life it would have been covered with a sheaf like a fingernail that would of made the claw twice as large.

它活着时，这上面会有一层像指甲的鞘，使得爪子变成两倍大。

In another experiment that pulled 400 people, 20 percent reported that moist gave them the same reaction as fingernails on a chalk board.

在另一项有四百人参与的实验中，20%的人报告说，“潮湿”一词使他们产生的反应就像指甲在黑板上的反应一样。

People in the food industry like to refer to this particular compound as allura red, which makes it sound like some kind of sexy nail polish.

食品行业的人喜欢把这种特殊的化合称为诱惑红，这让它听起来像某种性感的指甲油。

She's 17. MEGAN DISALVO: And he rips it and,   like, his nails, like, went down the palm of my hand and just gave me the chills.

17 。 根·迪萨尔沃：他把它撕破了，就像他的指甲一样，顺着我的手掌滑下去，让我感到一阵寒意。

He saw the wrinkles on her face; saw the artificial arrangement of her hair; the pointed elbows, and, above all, her large thumb nail, resembling that of her father.

他看到了脸上的皱纹；看到了头发的人工排列；尖尖的肘部，最重要的是，的拇指指甲很大，很像父亲的指甲。

She had liked the young man's looks, and his short-sighted eyes, and his odd way of speaking, that was abrupt yet soft, just as his hands were sun-burnt and sinewy, yet with smooth nails like a woman's.

喜欢这个年轻人的长相，喜欢他近视的眼睛， 喜欢他古怪的说话方式，唐突却又柔和， 就像他的手被晒伤了，肌肉发达，指甲却像女人的一样光滑。

And here was the prize—this pearl as large as a filbert—with a pale pink tinge like a lady's fingernail—this spoil of a filibustering age—this gift from a European emperor to a South Sea chief. We gloated over it when all was snug.

这就是战利品——这颗珍珠和榛子一样大——淡淡的粉红色像女士的指甲——这是一个拉布时代的战利品——这是欧洲皇帝送给南海酋长的礼。当一切都很舒适时，我们幸灾乐祸。