The eldest said, "it is nothing but a nail in the wall."

大女儿说：“这只不过是墙上的一颗钉子。”

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She hammered the nail in.

她把钉子敲了进去。

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Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.

仅凭一小段绕在门框钉子上的绳子将门关住。

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Then they nail on battens to hold the hatch coverings firmly in place.

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With seconds left in regulation time, South Africa equalized on a free kick by Mphela that sent the game into 30 nail-biting minutes of overtime.

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She once visited the emergency room with a puncture wound from a nail in her foot.

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And the Apple iPad is now putting the nail in the coffin of expensive rear-entertainment systems.

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It is driving one more nail in the coffin of the traditional corporate pension.

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