Unlike that of conventional house, this building's upper and lower parts are divided and its long lines of flow extend like unraveling spools of thread.

不同于传统的房子，这座建筑的上部分和下部分是分离的，并且它长长的线性流动像散开的轴线向外伸展。

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In addition to saving money on materials, it is estimated that building a Sears house took only about 350 hours of carpenter labor, compared with 580 hours for a conventional house.

除了可以节省材料方面的支出外，相较于便利屋的580个小时，兴建一栋西尔斯住屋估计只需花费350个小时左右的木工。

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Yet the conventional wisdom argued strongly against Mr Obama seeking the White House in 2008, and we all know how that turned out.

然而，在2008年，传统观念认为奥巴马入住白宫是应强烈反对的，但结局如何，众所周知。

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Conventional wisdom says the do-nothing House Republicans will lose more than 15 seats tomorrow and wake up to Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi.

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