A long long time ago the roots of this word were Indo-European and meant "to put," or "to put up" or even "to hang up."

很久以前，那是印欧语系的词根，意味着“去放”或者“举起来”甚至“挂起来”。

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Instead of reading, I stare at the walls and notice that there are still two empty nails on which I meant - a year ago - to hang pictures.

因为没有书，我死命地盯着墙壁看，看呀看，看到了一年前因为准备挂画而钉上的两颗钉子，现在还孤零零地呆在那里。

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Mr Mitchell said he had been in a similar position several years ago when his stepson started to hang around with the wrong people and said he did not know where to turn.

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