I do not have an excuse to buy new furniture because I accidentally make a burn mark on something.

我不可能因为不小心在家具上烙上了香烟印而有借口购置新的。

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He requested that his family burn his body and erect a simple grave stone to mark his life.

他要求家里把他火葬，只立一块简单的墓碑。

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In a small fire, a V-shaped burn mark may pinpoint where a fire began, but during post-flashover these patterns can occur repeatedly, when various objects ignite.

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

"I've watched the Bronx burn and left for abandoned and now being slowly rebuilt, " said Mark Naison, a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University.

WSJ: A Shift in the South Bronx

Despite the threat of injury or burn-out, Rooney is keen to play as much as he can as he edges closer to the goalscoring mark of ex-United star Cristiano Ronaldo two seasons ago.

BBC: Cup win unbelievable, says Rooney