And if they are indeed the same nails — eaten away by rust and bent at the end, almost purposefully — was their disappearance a conspiracy or a logistical slip-up?

假如千真万确是那两颗铁钉，已经锈迹斑斑且顶端弯曲，几乎故意所为，这样的失踪是蓄意密谋还是逻辑错误？

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A flame darted from the logs and she bent over the fire, stretching her thin hands so close to it that a faint halo shone about the oval nails.

一片火焰从木柴中跃起，她朝炉火弯了弯身，把瘦削的双手伸得离火很近，一团淡淡的光晕闪烁在她那椭圆的指甲周围。

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I can't pound this nail into the wall; either it's bent or I must have struck is pounding nails into a board.

我无法把这个钉子砸进去，它要不是弯了就是碰到了砖上。

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According to his version, spinal surgery was frequently unsuccessful, so doctors' practices would fill up with "bent nails"--crippled patients in wheelchairs without much hope.

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His grandmother, Sheila Harris, fortunately was a tough-as-nails 49-year-old and a worthy combatant, hell-bent on her grandson getting out of the projects.

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