On December 23, the curtain of the 2024 National Master's Admission Examination opened.
Yesterday afternoon, after the end of the English subject test, "postgraduate English" became a hot spot on Weibo. Six of the top 20 hot searches are related to postgraduate English, and the core word is "difficult".
Netizens who were embarrassed to cry by English sighed sadly: Postgraduate English is an English exam, and the light boat has hit the ...... of the big iceberg
How difficult is it?"In the morning, I happily sent politics away, and in the afternoon, English happily sent me away. ”
Some netizens said: The moment I finished the English test, my hanging heart finally stopped beating. 
Romans' nails "what's going on?".It turns out that there is such a question in the reading comprehension question type of the English (1) paper for the postgraduate entrance examination:
This reading comprehension article is originally from a June 2023 article in the Financial Times titled "What the Price of an Ancient Roman Nail Tells Us About Value."
Nail, which has driven many netizens crazy, means nails here.
In addition to having the meaning of nails, nails, etc., in the form of nouns, nail is used as a verb and has many meanings such as grasping firmly, staring, etc. 
Let's take a look at the detailed introduction of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary:
1.to fasten with a nail 2to fix in steady attention and stare intently at 3to expose usually so as to discredit exposure;In addition, the word can be used in the following fixed ways:
▌nail down
According to the Collins Dictionary, the word has two meanings: if you nail down something unknown or uncertain, you find out exactly what it isExample: It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tensionIt would be helpful if you could figure out the source of this dispute.
The second is to determine the formation of a resolution example: after a five-hour meeting, we finally nailed down a dealAfter five hours of talks, we finally reached an agreement.
▌i nailed itThe word itself is "put." Nailed" means, but in colloquial language, nailed it has the meaning of "done". Example: i nailed itI got it. 
Have you learned how to use nail?What are the other difficulties in the postgraduate English that make you at a loss, tell bilingual in the message area.