We used to take the water from the cistern and pour it through our scarves to get rid of the large debris.

我们以前从蓄水池取水，用我们的围巾滤掉较大的碎片。

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Water in the cistern is full.

贮水池的水是满的。

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Stop the overflow from the cistern.

止住水箱溢水。

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The next time you go to Mycenae don't miss the cistern that was dug in the mountains, on the hillside, within the walls at that period.

你们下次去迈锡尼古城的时候,一定不要错过那一时期在山坡和城墙之间,挖掘的蓄水池

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Of the cistern, or a shelf.

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Water no longer flowed in the mains, but he estimated that the contents of the roof cistern would last him a week or more.

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In the palm groves below the village of Tamalokt is a cistern, a place of utter peace, where scarlet dragonflies skid above the water and the tops of olive trees sway against cerulean sky.

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