The man put the iron block on the anvil.

那人把铁块放在铁砧上。

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It was only later, when upon the white flash of another high sea hurling itself amidships, Jukes had a vision of two pairs of davits leaping black and empty out of the solid blackness, with one overhauled fall flying and an iron-bound block capering in the air, that he became aware of what had happened within about three yards of his back.

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Mind you, even the Iron Curtain couldn't block out all Eurovision influences.

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The Iron continued to probe after the break and Garry Thompson's 25-yard strike drew a fine block from Michael Nelson.

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