An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

一本老书闻起来就像是古埃及。

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A new book smells great. An old book smells even better.

一本新书气味很棒，而一本老书更甚。

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I found this exercise in an old book on Zen living; it’s one of my favorites to this day.

我学禅时在一本旧书里发现这个方法；这是直到今天为止我最喜欢的一个。

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This new edition of this old book is an excellent one.

这本旧书的新版做得非常好。

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When he wanted to find out if Aristotle was wrong to say that a small body would fall at a different speed from a large body, he didn't look the answer up in an old book about falling objects.

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She took a sip of coffee and started leafing through her book, an old cookbook, with thin yellowed pages and elaborate drawings, a legacy from her allegedly aristocratic grandmother.

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It is heart wrenching to see people run back into burning homes desperately trying to retrieve pets or valuables and come out with a phone book, an old pillow, a teaspoon, and a broken heart.

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