"Shotgun shack" nghĩa là gì?

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"Shotgun shack" có từ shack là cái lều, lán -> cụm từ này nghĩa là ngôi nhà một tầng, trong đó các phòng nằm thẳng hàng với nhau và được kết nối bằng dãy hành lang dài từ đầu đến cuối.

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For Joshua K. Love, recovering (phục hồi) from beatings and sexual abuse he says he suffered at a Catholic grade school 20 years ago is a matter of day-to-day survival. Often, you can find him in the shotgun shack he calls home in Greenwood, Mississippi, giving discount haircuts to friends and family members.

From a shotgun shack to a waterfront estate: What $1-million gets you in cities across Canada. In Toronto the average price for a detached home (nhà riêng) officially hurdled over the $1-million mark ($1,040,018 to be precise) for the first time in a calendar month.

The shotgun shack built by Vernon Presley had only two rooms for Vernon, Gladys and baby Elvis. This was the mid-1930s, and times were tough (khó khăn) for the Presleys, as well as just about everyone else in Tupelo, Mississippi.

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