It is said that one day, he climbed the roof of a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney.

据说有一天，他爬上了一户人家的屋顶，将一袋钱从烟囱里扔了下去。

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All afternoon the uncle hammered around; he even climbed up on the roof, where much was missing.

整个下午大叔都在四处敲打；他甚至爬上了屋顶，那里缺了很多东西。

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The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag.

海军陆战队士兵爬上使馆大楼的楼顶去升美国国旗。

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When Duplat and Weir climbed on the roof of a building at the camp, they were stunned by what they saw.

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Once, when he saw a new building that he thought the community had erected for itself, in disregard of the rule of poverty, he climbed up to the roof and began prying off the tiles and throwing them to the ground.

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After running from a house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, the man climbed on a roof at an industrial unit and threw tiles and metal poles at officers.

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