The house only needs an occasional coat of paint to keep it shipshape.

房子只需偶尔粉刷一次就可以保持其良好状态。

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I will give you some land and the old house in the back of the ranch if you keep the horse there.

如果你让这匹马在那儿，我将把一些土地和牧场后边的那座老房子给你。

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To keep your house mouseproof , check all small openings with a ballpoint pen. If it fits the hole, it will let mice in.

要使你的房子里没有小老鼠，用圆珠笔来检查下所有的小洞。如果圆珠笔能放进去的话，那小老鼠就可能钻进去。

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The Obamas plan to keep their Chicago house while they live in the White House.

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I think it's in part that, suffering from lupus, she was very much confined to her house in Georgia, and the letter writing, this kind of correspondence, was certainly a way for her to keep in contact with the world of readers and other writers and friends.

我想这多少与她，受病痛的折磨有关，受制于病情，她只能呆在,乔治亚州的家里，足不出户，所以写信，必然是她和读者、,其他作家和朋友联系的方式。

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The majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, together with the chairmen of committees,keep the business of Congress moving.

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They motivate each other to stick with the diet, keep junk food out of the house and keep moving.

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The White House could keep the controllers on duty simply by allocating more furlough days to these other non-essential workers.

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Key Republicans said the White House must keep Norwood at the center of its efforts if it hopes to pass a bill the president can support.

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