He would always manage to have a rusty bolt to scrub while his boat tarried at our town, and he would sit on the inside guard and scrub it, where we could all see him and envy him and loathe him.
The news that the boat had sunk came like a bolt form the blue. It was such a large boat, and the sea had been so calm.
我条船沉没的消息传来，犹如晴天霹雳，那是一条很大的船而且海上风平浪静。
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He would always manage to have a rusty bolt to scrub while his boat tarried at our town, and he would sit on the inside guard and scrub it, where we could all see him and envy him and loathe him.