"This is my house," he said.

“这是我的屋子，”他说。

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"Yet it is hard," she sometimes thought, "that this poor man cannot come to a house which he has legally hired, without raising all this speculation!"

她有时候不由得这么想：“这可怜的人，回到自己租定的房子里来，却引起人家这样的纷纷猜测，想起来着实令人难受。”

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He has prospered. This year he is adding a second floor to the house, to accommodate the many relatives who come to stay with him during the harsh valley winters.

今年他打算在自家房子上加盖二楼，这样一来，在山谷的严寒季节里，可以有更多的亲戚能到他家来过冬。

youdao

"He arrives in this house, and he is just there for his job, " he said.

WSJ: Drama Seizes the Stage, Without a Word

This is - he called it an evacuation house.

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Obama obviously understands this--which is why he has condemned the House's turn down the protectionist path.

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