John, a fireman, leaped from the roof of an apartment block to save a lovesick woman who had jumped out of her fifth-floor window.

约翰是一名消防员，为了救一名从五楼窗户跳下的患相思病的女子，他从公寓楼的楼顶跳下。

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The roof has an overhang to protect the walls from the rain.

屋顶有飞檐突出，保护墙壁不受雨淋。

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So there would have been an open fire inside the house with only one hole in the roof to let the smoke out.

所以，房子里本该有一处明火，屋顶上只有一个洞让烟冒出来。

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The Globe was an outdoor theater with no roof on top so that sunlight could stream in.

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It's contagious, that is, it's transferred to other persons or objects, depending on how receptive they are--perhaps by physical touch, perhaps in the case of severe impurity by sharing an enclosed space, by being together under an overhanging roof, tent.

它会传染给另一个人，另一个物体，这取决于它们的接受度，也许是通过肢体接触，也许是因为呆在一个与世隔绝的空间里，同在一个屋檐下。

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"I recently visited the ancient Todaiji temple in Nara and noticed an extra roof tile set on its top, " recalls the Toshiba president.

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The modernist structure is built of concrete and glass, with an undulating copper roof that rises to an open semi-circle at its center.

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An asbestos roof was involved in the fire.

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