While the man came through the picket gate Elisa ran excitedly along the geranium-bordered path to the back of the house.

那男人进了尖木桩做的大门，而伊利莎兴奋地沿着两边都是天竺葵的小路跑到房子后面，回来的时候抱着一个大个儿的红花盆。

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We walked through the gate of the picket fence and proceeded to look around.

我们走过尖桩篱栅门，四处观望。

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You turned off a quiet narrow lane onto an indistinct track that crossed a field, and stopped at the edge of an ancient pollarded wood, and there, half hidden by a tangle of hawthorn bushes, was a small white picket gate.

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