āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to nail
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to attach something securely by using small pointed metal pieces
Transitive: to nail sth | to nail sth to a support structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They are nailing the fence panels for added security.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to easily succeed at doing something
Transitive: to nail a task or activity
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite his nerves, he nailed the presentation and impressed the entire board.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ§āĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to find or catch someone for doing something wrong or illegal
Transitive: to nail sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The undercover agent was able to nail the smugglers in a sting operation.
āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ ā§āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to hit the ball forcefully and accurately
Transitive: to nail a ball
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite the pressure, he managed to nail the crucial penalty kick, securing victory for his team.
āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to clearly and unmistakably establish or identify something
Transitive: to nail sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite the complexity of the problem, the engineer nailed the solution on the first try.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§
a small strong pointy metal that is inserted into walls or wooden objects using a hammer to hang things from or fasten them together
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The box of nails included various sizes for different projects.
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ-āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻ, āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž
the hard, thin layer on the upper surface of the tip of the finger and toe
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His nails were neatly trimmed, and he always kept them clean and well-maintained.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ
a historical measure of cloth equal to one-sixteenth of a yard
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
One nail of silk was enough for the trim.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻĨā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
nailer
nail
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
