We have seen polyandry change its form till it allowed of kinship through males, and then die away into an obligation on younger brothers in turn to espouse the widow of the eldest brother;

我们看到一妻多夫改变其形式直到允许通过男性的血族关系，随后消失在兄弟们依序娶长兄的寡妇的义务中；

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Then, after a discreet pause which gave Gerald's splutterings time to die away, she knocked on the door and handed the dress to her mother.

稍稍停顿了一会，让杰拉尔德的唾沫星子消失之后，思嘉才敲门进去，把衣裳交给母亲。

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All he has to do is borrow against it, spend away, and then die.

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