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Usages of affilare
È proprio con quel temperamatite che affilo le matite prima di disegnare un’altra palma.
It is with that very pencil sharpener that I sharpen the pencils before drawing another palm tree.
Affilo il coltello con la pietra prima di tagliare il pane.
I sharpen the knife with the stone before cutting the bread.
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