In the past, when two people married each other, they intended to stay together for life.

在过去，当两个人结婚，他们就打算一辈子一起度过。

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For example, there are implied promises to stay together for life for better or for worse in marriage, to care for the children on becoming parents, and to guarantee a certain quality in selling.

例如结婚就不言而喻地承诺了好歹都白头到老，生孩子就承诺了养育孩子，贩卖就承诺了保证货品的一定质量。

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They will be able to stay together for a week, but not for the rest of the life.

处女座和射手座可以一起生活一个礼拜，而不会是一生。

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Society simply has no stake in whether men who are romantically involved with other men stay together for life, since these relationships do not produce children.

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Mrs Miller said marriage provided the basis for people to "commit to stay together for life" but former education minister Tim Loughton, now a backbench MP, asked why civil partnerships - which have been in place since 2005 - did not provide the same foundation.

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