Or that time in the deep Ozarks when someone spent several hours intermittently knocking on my door in the dead of night.

还有一次，远在小城欧萨克，夜晚静悄悄的，有人过一段时间就来敲打我的房门，一连持续了几个小时。

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This cute little door-mouse is as dead as a doornail.

这个可爱的小老鼠像门钉一样牢固。

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Today, I got home from work to find the door locked and dead bolted, so I used my cell to call the home phone while banging on the door.

今天，我从下班回家发现门闩锁死了，所以我用我的手机拨家里的电话，还撞了门。

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Corbett said it may be difficult to get out a dead-bolt door, or some doors might be blocked by equipment or boxes.

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