The old house smells of damp.

这老房子散发出一股潮气。

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She loved the big old house.

她喜爱那座古老的大房子。

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We had more room in our old house.

我们原先的房子比较宽敞。

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He took a room in an old house next to a magnificent garden filled with strange flowers and other plants.

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On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

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It's the story of the old opera house and the ghost of the opera, right?

这个故事讲的是一所老歌剧院和歌剧院的幽灵，对吧？

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Suppose you're flush enough to hold on to your old house as an investment.

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"Our old house was a little bigger, but this one is stronger, " he says.

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"This is an old craft and we are an old house, " says Mr. Robert.

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