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把东西包起来

wrap things up

你有什么东西要报关吗？

Have you got anything to declare?

凡是他要的东西他都有本领弄到手。

He is resourceful enough to get whatever he is after.

请你给墙报写些东西。不拘形式，文章、诗，都可以。

Please write something for the wall newspaper. Any form will do—poetry or prose.

阁楼上可以藏好多东西。

We can store a lot of things in the attic.

这间屋子太小，盛不了这么多东西。

The room is too small to hold all these things.

机械地搬用外国的东西是要吃大亏的。

Mechanical copying of things foreign would be disastrous.

他在暗中摸索着，忽然触动了什么东西。

Groping in the dark, he suddenly touched something.

拿错东西

take sth. by mistake

他总是一边卖东西一边和顾客搭讪。

While doing business, he would strike up a conversation with his customers.

这东西吃多了容易倒胃口。

Too much of this food will spoil your appetite.

她把小孩儿倒锁在屋里，出门去买东西。

She locked her baby in the room and went shopping.

这几样东西，请你得便捎给他。

Please take these things to him whenever it's convenient.

用东西把门抵住，别让风刮开。

Prop something against the door so that it won't blow open.

这地方东西三里，南北五里。

This district is three li across from east to west and five li from north to south.

一成不变的东西是没有的。

Nothing is immutable.

真不是东西！

What a despicable creature!

把包里的东西抖搂出来

shake a bag to empty it

凡属我国文化遗产中有用的东西，都应当继承。

All of our cultural heritage which is useful should be inherited.

雨季里东西容易返潮。

Things get damp easily in the rainy season.