At night, he would creep out of the house like a spook.

夜间，他常常像幽灵一般地从家里偷偷地出来。

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I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe.

我不是缠磨着埃德加·爱伦·坡的那种幽灵。

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No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.

不，我不是埃德加•爱伦•坡小说里神出鬼没的幽灵；我也不是你们在好莱坞电影里见到的鬼影。

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Mr. Lee is a retired spook, one of the guys in white hats whose unsung efforts helped the West win the Cold War.

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