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時々、私(わたし)の犬は夜中(よなか)の間(あいだ)に吠えます。

Sometimes my dog barks in the middle of the night.

その夜以前、彼(かれら)らの間(あいだ)に悪感情は決してなかった。

There had never been any ill-feeling between them until that night.

鬼の居(いる)ぬ間(ま)に洗濯。

When the cat is away, the mice will play.