They were simple, mournful and sweet, but they somehow did not fit in with the silent melody of the harp which filled the halls of the Old Ireland of my dreams.

这些歌曲很纯朴、哀怨而又悦耳，但总有点与我梦想中古老的爱尔兰音乐殿堂里充满的竖琴的寂静旋律格格不入。

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I don't know what makes up this smell, which I recognize from grandmothers and elderly aunts, and which hangs in the rooms and halls of old-age homes like a curse.

我不知道这种气味是从哪里来的，从我的祖母和上了年纪的姨妈和姑妈那里闻到过这种气味，像散发在老年人居住的房间和走廊里朽味，令人窒息。

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The serf wore the blue coat, which was the customary garb of serving-men at that period, and long before, in the old hereditary halls of England.

那奴仆按照当时和早先英国世袭击宅中仆人的习惯装束，穿着一件蓝色号衣。

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Today, Lapa attracts an equally diverse mix of cariocas (Rio locals) - rich and poor, favela dweller and condo-owner alike - all drawn to the old-fashioned gafieiras (dance halls) and the electric sound that crackles over these battered, rhythm-filled sidewalks.

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On her first day in the city, she spent hours just watching people come and go from inside the old station's hallowed halls.

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This had been specially laid on for me, while the others ate steaming steaks only a few hours old, as it were, from the halls below.

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