<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishLaurel ilikuwa nyumba iliyoharibika, iliyokuwa nyuma ya barabara na vichaka vichache vyenye uchafu ili kuunga mkono hadithi ya bustani ya mbele.  <response>: The Laurels was a dilapidated house, standing back from the road with a few grimy bushes to support the fiction of a front garden. 