The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller (发表于5年前)

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A CHARCOAL1-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day
he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated2 him to come and live
with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and
that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened3. The Fuller
replied, "The arrangement is impossible as far as I am concerned,
for whatever I should whiten, you would immediately blacken again
with your charcoal."

Like will draw like.
一个burner - burner在自己家里进行交易。有一天,他遇到了一个朋友,一个叫富勒的,并且让他来和他住在一起,说他们应该是好得多的邻居,而且他们的家务费用会是lessened3美元。富勒回答道。“就我而言,这样的安排是不可能的,因为无论我应该美白什么,你都会立刻用你的木炭再次变黑。"喜欢就会画喜欢。

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We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。

Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。

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They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail. 他们时而恳求，时而威胁，但这一切看来都没有用。

'One word,' the Doctor entreated. 'Will you tell me who denounced him?' “还有一个问题，”医生请求道，“你可否告诉我是谁告发他的？” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

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Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat. 演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来，多少削弱了演讲的力量。

The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city. 随着迁往郊外的风行，住在城内的中产家庭减少了。