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ukwenza buthuntu iziphele ezibukhali zespreaders, kukhe izinte ezimbalwa enekuzenza.
to blunt the sharp ends of the spreaders, there are several things you can do.

esineendawo ezininzi zokuthetha ngaye, ezilukhuni ukuchazwa, ekubeni nina naba buthuntu iindlebe.
of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

ukuba intsimbi ithe yaba buthuntu, akalulola uhlangothi lwayo, wogonyela ngoko ngamandla; ke ubulumko buyanceda bulungise.
if the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.