It was thrown open by a stranger, not by the old man who had kept it for many years, and to whom she had been known; he had probably left on New year's Day, the date when such changes were made.

给她开门的是一个她不认识的人，而不是那个认识她和在这儿看门多年的老头儿；那个老头儿大概是在新年那一天离开的，因为那一天是轮换的时间。

youdao

There was an unceremonious directness, a searching, decided steadfastness in his gaze now, which told that intention, and not diffidence, had hitherto kept it averted from the stranger.

目光里有一种不拘礼节的直率，一种锐利、明确的坚定，说明他一直避开陌生人不是出于腼腆，而是故意的。

youdao

If I can tell a stranger so easily that I love her then it can not be special because it was given so easily and if it was given easily then it can disappear so easily.

如果我可以如此简单的告诉任何一个陌生人我爱她，那么这句话就是不是特别的，因为它很容易的就被说出来了。

youdao

Within a week, he grew hoarse, and from the next room it was as though another man were singing not Dad but a growly stranger.

NEWYORKER: Mr. Bones

It was a gift offered in the faith that the unseen ripples not only affect the future but, stranger still, may have already affected the past.

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