The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

这房子没人居住， 等着拆除。

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The cinema is to be torn down and replaced by a supermarket.

这家电影院将拆除，而建一个超级市场。

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The abandoned building is scheduled to be torn down this afternoon.

这栋废弃大楼预计今天下午进行拆除。

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And in fact in one with the girl describing her side, she several times emphasizes this need for protection, need to be free from being torn down from people around them.

事实上像一个女孩子表达的那样，她好几次强调了需要保护的愿望，需要逃离那些打倒她的东西,逃离身边的人们。

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One building is simply too dangerous to enter and may have to be torn down.

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Other residents say the local education bureau knew the school was dangerous and had allocated money for it to be torn down and rebuilt.

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"The airport is too expensive, too small and too much behind time, " said aviation expert Dieter Faulenbach da Costa, who recently caused a stir when he proposed that the airport ought to be torn down.

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