Early on Wednesday, Mr. Kellermann went to the basement of his brick home and hanged himself, according to people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak.

根据某些了解情况但是无权对外发言的人士透露，周三的早些时候，凯勒曼走进他砖砌房子的地下室里，并且上吊。

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To a certain extent, the basement is a buffer against damage to the rest of the house, and as such, you’re not meant to keep a man-cave down there.

从某种程度上，地下室是房子其他地方受到破坏的一种缓冲，也就是说，你不必把那里搞的跟巢穴一样。

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It was on a backstreet, not one of the main streets, so there were no people around to see him as he walked along the small road which went under the building into the basement car park.

那不在主街道上而在一条后街小巷因此当他沿大厦下的小路走到地下停车场时附近没人注意他。

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They contend that, by widening the possibility of challenging a patent, the bill threatens to scare off not only basement tinkerers but the venture capitalists who stand behind them.

ECONOMIST: The law on patents

It really was a cellar, not a basement.

NEWYORKER: Free Radicals

Divadlo Ta Fantastika, which stages multimedia and black-light shows in an Old Town basement not far from Charles Bridge, filled with about 3 meters of water.

UNESCO: Communication et information