Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell.

打开门，她对霉味做了个鬼脸。

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The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.

这间村舍关了一个冬天，有一股发霉的气味。

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Thee grim evidence of poverty was everywhere. In the worn out 3 lino, the fireless hearth, the dank, musty smell of the place.

贫穷的迹象处处可见。破烂的油地毯，无火的壁炉，屋子里还有股潮湿发霉的味道。

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The smell was indeed funereal: musty, pungent, depressing.

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There was a musty church hall type aroma mixed in with a sickly sweet smell of ether.

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