For example, you spend all your life pining away for your partner hundreds or thousands of miles away when the thing that needs doing - your job, your degree, your life - is put on hold.

比如说，你把所有的精力花在为你那几百或者几千英里外的另一半而憔悴消瘦，这种时候，你正把需要做的工作，你需要完成的学业甚至你自己的生活搁置一边。

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If you've got a soft spot for the tall, dark and handsome archetype, chances are your real-life partner is short, blond and, well, not so toothsome.

如果你对高个、黑发的英俊男人情有独钟，在现实生活中，你的伴侣有可能是矮个、金发，样子并不讨喜。

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If you love your partner and want to spend the rest of your life with him or her, then marriage may be for you.

如果你爱你的伴侣，并希望跟他或她度过余生，结婚吧。

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Just as you knew, almost immediately, who was the right life-partner for you, you should know who is the right sponsor for you.

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Marie Fleming, 58, who has multiple sclerosis, took the legal action against the Irish state to fight for the right to end her life with the help of her partner.

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Giggs left behind the glitz years ago for a quieter life in the village of Worsley near Manchester with partner Stacey Cooke and their two children.

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