His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soakedin creosote to keep the termites out.
他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋,木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。
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Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soakedin holy water around the bride's and groom's wrists.
仪式的一部分包括仪式剪发,在新郎和新娘的手腕上绑浸在圣水里的棉线。
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Villagers had a plentiful harvest earlier this month, but all sweetcorn and rice in their granaries have rotted or sprouted after being soakedin floodwater.