I was pondering these things, when an incident, and a somewhat unexpected one, broke the thread of my musings.

我正在思考这些事情，突然发生了一件事，而且是一件有点出乎意料的事情，打破了我沉思的思路。

It stretched out its legs rigidly, then did a back flip, breaking the thread and landing on the desk, where it began to cartwheel in circles.

它僵硬地伸直了腿，然后回身翻了一个跟头，细丝被拉断了。它摔在桌上，开始绕着圈子翻跟头。

But her clumsy fingers broke the threads; she had no heart for anything, lost her sleep and " wasted away, " as she put it.

但是她笨拙的手指弄断了线； 她对任何事情都没有兴趣， 失眠，用她的话说“消瘦了” 。

" Do nothing! " Voldemort shrieked to the Death Eaters, and Harry saw his red eyes wide with astonishment at what was happening, saw him fighting to break the thread of light still connecting his wand with Harry's.

“不要动！”伏地魔高声向食死徒们喊道，哈利看到他的红眼睛惊愕地张大了，看得出他对眼前的情景十分震惊，竭力想挣断连接两根魔杖的散裂光丝。