Weboughtbothsofasfrom abigfurniturewarehouse out oftown.这两张沙发都是我们在城外的一家大型家具店里买的。
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Soldiers hadchasedtheprotestersinto a warehouse and setfireto it.
Therobberswereholedup in adesertedwarehouse.
Michael Davis haspreparedamemorandumoutliningourneed for anadditionalwarehouse.
Aproposed5%paycuthasoutragedstaffat the warehouse.
Theypulleddown the warehouse tobuilda newsupermarket.
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Buildings for storing things
armoury
arsenal
barn
bike shed
boathouse
commercial
depository
fulfilment centre
godown
granary
lock (something) up
lumberyard
magazine
root cellar
shed
silo
store
storehouse
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Shops & auctions
warehousenoun[C](FOR PEOPLE)
alargeprison,hospital, etc. in whichpeoplearekeptbut given littlehelpwiththeirproblems:
Our newjailsaremostlybrick-faced warehouses with highfencesin low-valueareas.
Thementalasylumin Romania was a warehouse for thementallyinsane.
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Chelmsfordprisonis beingreducedto a warehouse forinmatesthanksto alackofofficers.
Ifprisonis just a warehouse in which youkeeppeopleand thenreleasethem withoutguidanceinto theworld, it'shardlysurprisingthathalfof them will be back within 12months, havingcommittedmorecrime.
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Medical places & organizations
A & E
accident and emergency
aid station
biotech
birth centre
blood bank
clinic
consulting room
dispensary
infirmary
institutional
madhouse
maternity ward
NICU
NIH
non-hospital
out of hoursidiom
PICU
socialized medicine
ward
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to putpeoplein alargeprison,hospital, etc. withouttryingtohelpthem withtheirproblems:
The UK issimplywarehousingoffendersinprisonswithoutpreparingthem for alifebeyondcrime.
Patientsfearthey are beingillegallywarehoused at thehospitalwith norealchanceof getting out.
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Medicallyunstable, sometimesvolatilepeoplewere being warehoused in aplacewith little to do and littlesupervision.
Too manydisabledpeople, he said, are warehoused innursinghomesandinstitutions,despiteacourtrulingfiveyearsago that thedisabledhad arightto community-basedcare.
In somecases,expertssay,hostcountriesseebenefitsinkeepingarefugeepopulationwarehoused.
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Putting people in prison
at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
bangsomeoneup
bar
behind barsidiom
bird
commit
immure
immured
imprison
imprisonment
incarcerate
intern
pen
prisoner
putsomethingaway
remand
restraint
rot
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stretch
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In retaliation, the vine growers set fire to the merchants' warehouses, occupied city halls, and organized demonstrations.
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Even firms stocking massproduced items may end up offering different menus to customers because of differences in warehousing ability.
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Importantly, this would only be paid to the men who assented to the bosses' complete power over their employment in the warehouses.
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The innovative monitoring systems are now being introduced in warehouses and distribution centres with employees made to wear electronic wrist tags to monitor their actions.
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The island had buildings for baking, meat dressing, pickling, barrel-making, clothing production, and a number of warehouses.
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Hundreds of houses, businesses and warehouses were burnt down in the walled areas of both cities.
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What a horrible waste of brain power to keep these harmless men and women warehoused for obscenely long terms!
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Let us assume that a company plans to create a network of warehouses to supply its existing stores.
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The tobacco leaf was later transported by licensed mule drivers from the production areas to the main consumption centres and stored at monopoly warehouses.
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After the machinery arrived, no one was quite sure what to do with it, so it sat in warehouses.
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Allowing strikebreakers or non-union members to work alongside them in the waterfront warehouses would defeat the very purpose of their organisational strategy.
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Evers' concept of ' warehousing ' (1984) is apposite.
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The enquiries into lace manufacture in 1861 (lace factories) and 1863 (children's and women's work generally, including warehouses) were both part of a wider process of factory act extension.
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The 'lace market', a few streets with a high concentration of lace warehouses, provided important externalities in this ®ercely competitive, innovative and design- and fashion-led industry.
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The second section considers the form and function of specific building types - shops, market halls, banks, warehouses and lodgings - again over a wide range of particular cities.
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abandoned warehouse
These lead them to anabandonedwarehousein the middle of nowhere.
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brick warehouse
It achieved its present configuration in 1893, as the result of extensive alteration of an existing three-storybrickwarehouse.
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furniture warehouse
We are running not afurniturewarehouse, but a health service.
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