1. Each demanded some payment that was overdue: twelve shillings for the furniture and oilcloth; one pound four and one penny for the General District and Special Rates; and one pound one and fivepence halfpenny for Poor Rate.
    三封信都是催债的，而且每项款都已经过了期。家具和油布十二先令；统税和特税一镑四先令一便士；济贫税一镑一先令五个半便士。

2. When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate,
    每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，

3. Where once there was one set of furniture, one washing machine and one refrigerator, now there are two of all these things.
    原先只有一套家具、一台洗衣机和一台电冰箱，现在却变成了两套或两台。

4. The old furniture was covered in dust.
    旧家具上有尘土.

5. The room was encumbered with heavy furniture .
    房内堆满了笨重的家具。

6. They have purchased much furniture.
    他们已买了不少家具。

7. The house was full of costly, but very vulgar furniture.
    房子里摆满了昂贵但俗不可耐的家具。

8. The furniture is made of walnut.
    这家具是用胡桃木做的。

9. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved.
    第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。

10. Those who like Victorian family houses and furniture might secretly welcome a return to more rigid social norms.
    那些喜欢维多利亚式家庭住宅和家具的人也许在心底里愿意恢复更为严格的社会规范。