留下來給明年的那一份
這一組共用同一個決定：現在不用掉，因為明年要靠它。差別只在被留下的是穀子，還是人和預算。
noun · C1
Grain that a farmer keeps back from this year's harvest, instead of selling it or making it into food, so that it can be planted to grow next year's crop.
留作種子的穀物
核心畫面
One way to hold this phrase: a farmer standing over this year's harvest and pushing part of it aside. That part is not for eating and not for selling. It sits in a dry tin all winter, doing nothing useful, because next year's field has to come from somewhere. Hold that decision in mind and the figurative use needs no explanation at all — and keep one thing separate from it, because there is a second seed corn on this page that has nothing to do with grain.
可以想成一個農夫站在今年的收成前面，把其中一部分推到旁邊。那一部分不吃，也不賣。它整個冬天就待在一個乾燥的罐子裡，看…更多收起
可以想成一個農夫站在今年的收成前面，把其中一部分推到旁邊。那一部分不吃，也不賣。它整個冬天就待在一個乾燥的罐子裡，看起來什麼用也沒有，因為明年那片田總得從哪裡來。把這個「推到旁邊」的決定記住，比喻用法就不必再解釋了。另外要分開放的是：這一頁上還有第二個 seed corn，跟穀物完全無關。Two branches
腳上的那個 corn
這一組不是從穀物的畫面長出來的。它用到的是英文另一個 corn：腳上被壓出來的硬皮。
noun · C1
A small hard spot on the foot, made of several tiny points of thick skin packed together, caused by uneven pressure on the foot while walking.
小粒雞眼