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He often went to buy tools with which to repair the ranch house, but he also passed the time of day chatting with the gardener, or with the keepers of the general store and the hardware store, whose livelihoods he diminished day by day, as he lengthened the accounts he had with each of them.
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It will probably take until the second anniversary of the storm to repair all the damage to our house.
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With the money the cook had brought, he paid his debts and hired a pair of gauchos to repair the roof of the ranch house, which was falling in.
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It took about a dozen calls to find one who could come quickly and repair the broken electrical meter and hookup to the house a prerequisite for the power company connecting us back to the grid.
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And Obama's priorities reflect the desires of the American people, which run to fixing America's own broken house, not chasing around the world looking for others to repair.
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It costs a lot of money anywhere in the world to have someone drive out to your house to repair your machines.
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Waiting will help them bolster their savings, continue to repair Mr. Hansen's credit and gather a 20% down payment for the next house.
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"Now, I can repair the roofs of my house, " Alexander Chavez told Reuters as entire families descended on a river to gather gold tailings.
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