Nut-cracking, for example, is a complex skill that involves placing a nut between an anvil stone and a hammer stone and coordinating the movements to hit the nut just right.

例如，弄碎坚果是一项复杂的技能，需要将坚果放在石砧和石锤之间，然后调整动作以恰当的方式击打坚果。

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A senior civil servant in Morocco laments that his country is "between the hammer and the anvil" of Africa and Europe.

一位摩洛哥高级文职官员不无惋惜地表示，自己的国家是身处非洲和欧洲的“锤砧之间”。

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"For the first time ever we have the chance to put al-Qaida and related groups between a hammer and an anvil,".

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