However,the vote did not end the conflict between Congress and the White House over the future of the South.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

It's the problem that sometimes people knock over an oil lamp in their home and they burn their own house down.

有时候会出现这种问题,一个人把自己家里的油灯弄翻了,然后把自己的房子点着了

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And of course it exists in a semiotic relationship to a white light over a street door which means "this is my house; if you wish you can ring the bell but I'd just as soon you stayed out."

当然它是存在于一个语义篇中的,而临街门上的白灯则意味着,这是我的房子，你要进来必须按门铃,但是你最好别进来“

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Although Congress failed to remove him, the vote did not end a conflict with the White House over the future of the South.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The lamb will then be eaten as a family meal, and its blood will be smeared on the doorposts to mark the house so the angel of death knows to pass over that house -handy and the pun works in Hebrew, as well as English, In addition, each family is to eat unleavened bread.

然后这家人把羊吃掉，然后把羊血涂在门柱上，作为标记,所以当死亡天使经过的时候便可以看到,这里有一个在希伯来语和英语中都能讲得通双关语，除此之外，每一家都要吃没有发酵的面包。

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But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democrats would not start the legislative process all over again.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Saturday night, the House of Representatives passed a bill with an estimated trillion-dollar price over ten years.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

At the top of rocks was a man, his body was almost hidden by the storm clouds that hung low over the light house.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Many Whigs in the House of Representatives opposed the plan, because they feared that the political dispute over slavery would destroy the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

So there was bigger meal. There was a girlfriend involved, sometimes invited over to our house as well for the meal, and part of the family, and cards back and forth.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Their house looked out over the Caribbean Sea.

VOA: special.2011.06.26

White House officials say information on the plant was gathered over the course of years by the U.S., French and British intelligence agencies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

There are other differences, some of them carried over from the previous Bush White House.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"If they want to come over to the White House and go over line-by-line what is going on, I will be happy to do that,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visits President Obama at the White House Tuesday with current tensions over Iran's nuclear program and Palestinian statehood expected on the agenda.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Republicans have taken aim at that, as they continue to attack Mr.Obama on several fronts and challenge the White House over deficit spending and rising debt.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial for violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American man to stay over without official permission.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

The resolution expresses the General Assembly's "grave concern" over the recent trial, conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her return to house arrest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Donohue was particularly harsh over a proposal by the White House to tax bank transactions in order to recoup some of the money used to bail out troubled banks.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"This man actually said in February 2003, Tony Blair addressed the house and said that Saddam can stay in power if he hands over his weapons of mass destruction,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

As the president was preparing to make his remarks at the White House, outrage was building over word a major American insurance company,AIG, was going ahead with millions of dollars in bonus payments to its executives.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16