And why by a flood, when I have this whole place in front of me?

既然我面前有一个完整的地方，为什么要让它被洪水吞没？

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The raised septic field in front of the house, required due to flood zone restrictions, is planted with a field of lavender, thereby hiding its utilitarian function.

房子前面的敏感地块，由于受洪水区域限制，种植了一片熏衣草，从而隐藏了它的实用功能。

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And now they are building a giant flood gate on the very pretty levee in front of our house!

而现在，他们正在建设一个巨大的防洪闸门，非常漂亮的大堤前我们的房子！

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You might want to get that out in front of you because we're going to talk a little bit about the flood story in Genesis 6 through 9.

你们也许急于摆脱它，因为基于你们对,《创世纪》6到9章的阅读，谈谈对大洪水故事的想法。

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THen I woke up one morning to a flood coming in my front door and rising rapidly.

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"The bars just don't pay, " French says, watching with disgust as a tourist bus navigates the rutted street in front of his house in the flood-ravaged Ninth Ward.

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They say doctors-in-training see primary care doctors on the front lines spending their days not only seeing a flood of patients but also dealing more with the insurance company bureaucracies, administrative overhead and related headaches that go along with running a busy practice.

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