Why do children hang stockings over the fireplace for presents?

为什么孩子们把长统袜挂在壁炉上当成礼物？

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He hung the picture over the fireplace.

他把画像挂在壁炉之上。

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He was my late master: that is his portrait over the fireplace.

他是我才去世得主人。壁炉上是他的画像。

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After a few minutes,however, I noticed a small shelf over the fireplace.

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Over the fireplace, which had not been lit in years, she saw her face in a mirror.

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Make your way through the warren of corridors to the Chop Room, where you can sit by a fireplace, watched over by a portrait of Samuel Johnson, trying not to be put off by the rather bland beer.

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The fireplace-warmed lounge is watched over by a Botero painting, and the bar is decked out with vintage barber stools and musical instruments.

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