A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent's clothes without permission is not.

一个12 岁的孩子可能需要人告诉他，未经许可就把饼干盒扫光是可以接受的，但是，未经许可就借用父母的衣服是不能接受的。

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I caught her with her fingers in the biscuit tin.

我看见她手指还在饼干盒里呢。

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However, the Attfields realised that he responded to quieter noises, such as the opening of a biscuit tin.

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"I'd put my winning ticket inside a biscuit tin and then in the safe too, so as not to take any chances, " she added.

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It was put away in a biscuit tin and forgotten about.

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