The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-storey window.

除了三楼的一扇窗户透出一丝光亮，整栋楼一片漆黑。

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He left the light burning.

他让灯一直亮着。

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Don't have the light burning all day.

不要让灯整天亮着。

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"He got no stairs." " I can see a little light burning in the window."

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At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground.

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Imagine the heat in the summer, the bitter cold in the winter, and Mandela going out to quarry stone, the burning white light reflecting off the limestone permanently and deeply injuring his sight.

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Soon they were soaking reeds into liquid fat and burning them for light.

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