He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall.

他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。

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She hammered the nail into the wall.

她把钉子钉到墙上。

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I knocked the nail into the wall.

我把钉子钉进墙里。

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But you can nail it to the wall and pull one end.

你可以将它钉在墙上,拉着它的一端

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To nail the point, he hurled the Bunin book against the wall and watched while it fluttered earthward like a stricken bird.

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