nail a lie to the counter



nail a lie to the counter为短语/超纲词汇
1. Even men who can hardly drive a nail in straight are supposed to be born electricians, carpenters, plumbers and mechanics.

2. But after a few years in a system that practically requires people to lie, they become like the one I shall call "Suzanne", a detective in shorts.

3. Bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since decayed away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two s

4. For the woman´s eyes immediately lit up and she fetched several bottles which she placed on the counter for Harry to inspect.

5. What a monstrous lie !

6. We must not lie down, and cry, "God help us."

7. We put our hands down but I just stayed exactly where I was. Then one of the bank workers pressed a button behind the counter and the steel gate at the front of the bank moved into place so that we were locked in. We just stayed like that until the p

8. Then I left him standing by the counter so happy that I almost envied him.

9. The lady who is standing behind the counter.

10. The books which are on the counter.