Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.

这把锁我们砸也砸不开。

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Remember to always lock your house when you leave, or some bloke you don't know may come in, rifle through your belongings, steal any cash you've left in a treasure chest and then break your vases.

当你离开屋子的时候，一定要记得锁门，不然一些你不认识的家伙可能会走进来，洗劫你的财物，偷走你藏在宝箱里的现金，还打破你的花瓶。

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On examining it he found that the door was not a door; it had neither hinges, cross-bars, lock, nor fissure in the middle; the iron bands traversed it from side to side without any break.

仔细看了以后，他才知道那并不是门。 它既没有门斗，也没有铰链，既没有锁，中间也没有缝。

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