The vase is one of a matching pair.

这只花瓶是一对中的一只。

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I broke the vase while I was dusting.

我擦灰尘时将花瓶打碎了。

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She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge.

她把那瓶花放在窗台上。

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Giovanni's favorite plant was in a white marble vase near the house.

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STUDENT: No. Not unless he wants to break the vase into little pieces and stuff it in the corners.

学生：【听不见】,教授：不，除非它想把花瓶打成碎片,然后把它们堆到角落里。

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Instead of taking that one vase, the thief could take two radios. And get more value. So the greedy thief, in some sense, gets the wrong answer. But maybe isn't so dumb.

这个贼可以带走两个收音机，这样总价值更大，因此这个贪婪的贼,在某种意义上没有得到正确的答案,但是可能它也不笨。

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English speakers tend to say things like "John broke the vase" even for accidents.

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The vase's substantial spreading foot is glazed with the brown-maroon color that unifies the entire piece.

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In vain, Benny Avni looked in the regular place under the vase in the living room for a note from Nava.

NEWYORKER: Waiting