By the time his son had grown up, the man lived away from the family, on his own in a one-roomed flat, living and dying for the bottle.

等到他孩子长大的时候，他已经远离了他的家庭，独自住在一间单人宿舍上，继续地喝酒了却残生。

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It was impossible living in a one-roomed flat after we had the baby but Dad pulled the chestnuts out of the fire by lending us the deposit for a house.

我们有了孩子以后不可能再居住在单间套房里了，爹爹帮了我们大忙，把买房的定金借给了我们。

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