Some of the furniture in this old house has been gnawed away by rats.

这所老房子里的一些家具已经被老鼠嗑坏了。

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The only source of heat in this old house was an archaic coal stove.

这栋旧房子内惟一的供热来源是个古老的煤炉。

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Three generations of the family have been born and brought up in this old house.

这个家族的三代人都是在这栋古老的房子里出生和成长的。

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Everett remembered that this old maple wood chair had been in the house for many years.

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And now at the dead hour of the night, in the horrible silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.

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This is a part of an old tradition where dancers wearing costumes or animal furs dance from house to house to bring good luck.

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Mr Blair is nonetheless right to be sweeping this old house away.

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He also liked the fact that this house includes some reclaimed wood from old shipping pallets and renewable bamboo floors.

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Up this season from the 25-year-old house were geometric, disciplined silhouettes that contrasted with the twist-and-drape way they sat on the models.

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