The times I've passed by houses where dances an' parties was goin' on, an' heard the women laugh, an' saw their white dresses and smiling faces through the windows - Gee!

我曾经多少次从开晚会、开舞会的屋子门前经过，听见女人笑，从窗子里看见她们的白衣和笑脸——啧啧！

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The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks.

这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

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Their houses were damaged by the enemy's shellfire.

他们的房屋被敌人的炮火击毁。

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The Commerce Department said sales of new single-family houses also rose but just by three-tenths of one percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

For example, the character "Treemonisha" receives music lessons paid for by her mother who cleans people's houses.

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The president announced the plan Wednesday in Arizona, a state with many houses repossessed by lenders.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

This has been achieved partly by a factory-line of Israeli houses, partly by making it intensely difficult for Palestinians to accommodate their growing families by enlarging their houses, let alone building new ones.

ECONOMIST: Unholy rows over the holy city of Jerusalem

The stumbling block is a constitutional requirement that changes must be agreed not just by both houses of parliament but also by the legislatures of at least seven of the 10 provinces, representing at least half their total population.

ECONOMIST: Stephen Harper tries reform by stealth

Lord McKenzie noted that all of the measures had been fully debated by both Houses when they were set up by the last Labour government, arguing that legislation to abolish them should therefore be debated in the same way.

BBC: Labour fails to boost debate on Savings Accounts Bill