The house by the lake is a restaurant.

湖边的那座房子是家饭店。

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But the little house by the lake kept calling us back.

但是那座湖边的小房子不停地向我们召唤。

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Well...my family lives in Michigan, by a small town on the lake called South Haven. Our house is in an unincorporated area outside the town, actually.

“好的，”克莱尔松了口气，笑了笑，说“恩，我家住在密歇根南黑文湖边的一个小镇旁，我家其实在镇外一个较偏僻的地方，那原本是我外祖父母米格兰夫妇的房子。

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When Ted and Julia faced off with the IRS in Tax Court, the question was by how much the value of the lake house exceeded the demolition costs.

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But the IRS was steamed by this, claiming the lake house was income.

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The Lake House, based on a Korean picture and directed by an Argentinean, features supporting players with a variety of intriguing accents, and it's tempting to say that something's getting lost in translation, except that we are, after all, in the Twilight Zone here, and all those different influences are more interesting than the leads are.

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