Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.

冬天历来是住房市场的萧条季节。

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I heard him tell Mr Hindley: and now she has nothing to keep her, and she'll be dead before winter.

我听见他告诉辛德雷先生的。现在她没法保住自己啦，不到冬天就要死了。

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Three of my four daughters were born in the dead of winter.

我生的四个女儿中，有三个是在隆冬出生的。

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It was for them, as it is for us, difficult, in the dead of winter, to sometimes see spring coming.

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By tapping that temperature, Fort Knox can keep cool on hot summer days and warm up in the dead of winter.

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