It was winter and there was a huge fire roaring in the hearth.

时值冬天，壁炉里的炉火在熊熊燃烧。

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I still remember sitting in front of the fire on a cold winter day as Hillary and I read Vincent Cronin's biography of Napoleon together.

我还记得在一个寒冷的冬日，我和希拉里坐在壁炉前面，一块看温森特。克罗宁撰写的《拿破仑传》。

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On winter nights, when I build a fire in the fireplace, the approaching and receding sound of trains comes down the chimney.

在隆冬的夜晚，当我在壁炉里点火的时候，列车声便从烟囱中传入，先是渐行渐近，然后渐行渐远。

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For their big mid-winter party, they broke out that tender free-range lamb smoked over a dung fire to mark the halfway point in a long far northern winter.

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Officials with the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise said Wednesday in their first 2013 summer outlook that a dry winter and expected warming trend mean the potential for significant fire activity will be above normal on the West Coast, in the Southwest and portions of Idaho and Montana.

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