He balanced precariously on the narrow window-ledge.

他在狭窄的窗台上很难保持平衡。

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He noticed another strange thing. His ashtray was on the middle window-ledge. He clearly remembered smoking his cigarette by the end window — next to number 13.

他还注意到另一件奇怪的事情。他的烟灰缸放在中间的窗台上，他清楚得记得自己是在紧挨13号房间的那个最边上的窗边抽的烟。

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One hand rose to clutch at the window-ledge, but it dropped again.

一只手抬了起来抓住那窗台，但又滑落下去了。

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Note the brass cigar holders for Parliamentary deputies on the window-ledge, from a more tobacco-friendly age.

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In the middle of the night, Johnson rose unconscious from his hotel bed and climbed onto a ledge outside the second-floor window.

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