A severe storm destroyed a natural barrier between the house and the lake.

一场猛烈的暴风雨摧毁了房屋和湖泊之间的天然屏障。

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The couple bought a new house but were unable to sell their two-bedroom home in Big Lake, Minnesota.

这对夫妇买了一套新房子，但没能卖掉他们在明尼苏达州大湖的两居室。

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The house backs on a lake.

这所房子背朝湖。

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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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Yettaw, 53, a former military serviceman from Falcon, Missouri, was sentenced last week for a May 3 incident when he swam across a lake to the house of Suu Kyi and stayed, uninvited, for two days.

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

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