他们用旧木条搭了一个简陋的窝棚。

They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood.

《牛津词典》

用旧的地毯增加了绊跌的危险。

Worn rugs increase the danger of tripping.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我用旧木板拼拼凑凑做了些书架。

I knocked some bookshelves together from old planks.

《牛津词典》

My friends made my earrings out of old buttons,

我的耳环是我朋友用旧的纽扣做的，

时尚让人兴奋 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

codexes the plural of this is,is either codexes sometimes, codices I mean,Latin,you'd use the old Latinized plural,codices.

这个词的复数可以是，你可以用旧拉丁语复数。

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So, if language seems exhausted because it's always preceding you, everything has always already been said, there's no new plot to be had, the world is full of stock phrases, how do you use them to embody an experience that seems fresh to you?

所以，如果因语言，在你之前就存在，而它就显得枯竭，如果一切都已经被说过，如果已没有新的情节可供创造，如果世界一直充满陈腔旧调，你如何能够用它们,呈现出一个崭新的体验？

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