What this room needs is a lick of paint.

这房间所需要的是刷点儿涂料。

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It could do with a lick of paint to brighten up its premises.

用一点涂料就可以让房子明亮起来。

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Another advantage is that you can hide some pretty major repair work with a clever lick of paint.

喷漆的另一个优点是，你可以巧妙地用少许油漆隐藏一些非常重大的维修工作。

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Towa may need a lick of paint, but like rural communities all over Japan, it shows evidence of lavish government spending on projects designed to stimulate the economy.

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