They loved reading, but their families were poor and couldn't afford lamp oil for the children to study at night.

他们喜欢阅读，但他们家很穷，买不起灯油供他们晚上学习。

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That means kitchen cleaners, bathroom cleaners, paint, lamp oil, whatever.

也就是厨房清洁剂、沐浴液、油漆、煤油、等等无论什么。

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He brought fruit drinks, flowers and lamp oil, in honor of the visiting holy man.

为表示对圣僧的敬意，他带来了果汁、鲜花和灯油。

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He ate alone by the light of a coal-oil lamp.

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It's the problem that sometimes people knock over an oil lamp in their home and they burn their own house down.

有时候会出现这种问题,一个人把自己家里的油灯弄翻了,然后把自己的房子点着了

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At a news conference Thursday, police said Auvinen had sprayed a flammable liquid, possibly lamp oil, on the walls of the school and that he tried but failed to light it.

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But the whaling industry began its long decline more than 150 years ago, as demand for its products which ranged from candles to lamp oil, corset whalebone, cosmetics and engine lubricants evaporated with the appearance of petrochemicals, steel and plastics.

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If you light with just an oil lamp, you will see only the lamp and the face next to it.

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