"this time he succeeded"
"he called four times"
"he could do ten at a clip"
"he gave me a clip on the ear"
"nip off the flowers"
"clip the papers together"
"dress the plants in the garden"
"My speech was cut short"
"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
He clipped the article out of the newspaper.
他从报纸上剪下了那篇文章。