A brass plate beside the door said 'Dr Alan Tate'.

门旁的铜牌上写着“艾伦•泰特医生”。

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At this moment the door of the house opened, and a large plate came skimming out, straight at the Footman's head: it just grazed his nose, and broke to pieces against one of the trees behind him.

就在这时，这个房子的门开了，一只大盘子朝仆人的头飞来，掠过他的鼻子，在他身后的一棵树上撞碎了。

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As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name 'w.

她说着到了一幢整洁的小房子前，门上挂着一块明亮的黄铜小牌子，刻着“白兔先生”。

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But as I wrote on 12 July, simply changing the name on the brass plate above a parading quango's door is no guarantee of success.

BBC: Parades Commission not going anywhere

You had merely to lead them to the plate-glass porch door and point out a squirrel or a cat running on the railing, or the automatic pool vacuum flipping its tail in the water as it carried on, side to side, end to end.

NEWYORKER: Soldier��s Joy

The first revolution in cutlery was, in fact, revolutionary: you left your dagger at the door, and sat down to a table set with flatware at every plate.

NEWYORKER: A Fork of One��s Own