Now whenever I hear of a friend who's lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, "If there's anything I can do…" Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that man's need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house sitting during the funeral.
现在，每当我听到朋友失去亲人，我不再打电话礼貌地提出“如果有什么我能做的……”相反，我试图想出一个特定的适合那人需要的任务，如带狗去寄宿养犬处，或在葬礼时看房子。
Many actually believed they had lost because they had given in to too many White House demands in the last two budget negotiations.
其实，许多人认为失败的原因是在上两次预算案谈判中，他们对白宫的过多要求做了让步。
Assets needed to be sold, and eventually they lost the country club membership, the cars, and the house.
他们不得不变卖家产，最后他们丢掉了乡村俱乐部的会员资格，失去了汽车和房子。
Several states in the north-east and Midwest have lost population, and will probably lose seats in the House of Representatives (and electoral-college votes) to states in the South.
东北部和中部的几个州人口数量在减少，很可能将失去一部分众议院的议席，而南部的席位数有望增加。
Frau Schmidt: Ever since the Captain lost his poor wife he runs this house as if he were on some of his ships again. Whistles, orders.
施：自从上校可怜的妻子去逝后，上校自己管理家务，好象自己还在军舰上一样，整天就是哨子命令。
My office was based in the house and I have lost thousands of photographs and my notebooks, which is very sad.
伤心的是，我的办公室就在房子里，几千张照片和我的笔记本都葬身火海。
A majority of lawmakers in the lower house refused to vote. It appeared Mister Berlusconi had lost their support.
大多数国会下议院议员拒绝投票，看来贝卢斯科尼已经失去了他们的支持。
Senators who thought their constituents had lost out in the House—from farming and mining states—were spoiling for a fight.
那些觉得本州选民在法案的众院版本中未获好处的参议员（来自农业州和采矿州），已在迫切等待这一轮参院厮杀的到来。
You lost your ring inside your house but you are looking for it outside in the street!
你在屋里丢了戒指，却到外面的街道上找！
"I think any setback should make us think about good changes," says Michael. "I was not that happy with the large mortgage and big house I lost."
Michael说：“我认为任何挫折都会让我们想好好的改变，对巨大的按揭和我失去的房子我不开心。”
Began to impersonate his superiors while on assignment; he was fired after less than three years on the job. He soon lost his house and started sleeping on friends' sofas.
他在完成任务时假冒上司，工作不到三年就被解雇，很快地失去了房子，开始在朋友们的沙发上过夜。
All but one of the states that would have lost House seats in a 1920 reapportionment proceeded to lose when the 1930 census was taken.
在1920年的重新分配中丢失众议院席位的各州中，只有一个州在1930年普查数据启用后仍然没有得到席位。
Later, when he lost his majority in the House, he blamed his opponents for obstructing him.
后来，他在众议院失去大多数优势时，谴责对手阻碍他。
In 1986, the business went bankrupt, and Heavin lost everything — his house, his jet and even his marriage.
1986年，企业破产，黒文失去了一切-他的房子，他的飞机，甚至他的婚姻。
My friend's Dad hiked into the state park behind our house, miles in, Posting signs explaining about our lost dog. A day passed, and still no Phoebe.
我小伙伴的爸爸徒步到我们家后面的州公园，沿途几英里都做上了小狗菲比的失物招领标记。一天过去，菲比仍没有音信。
The interviews had lost all sense of priority, and when I traveled back to the Netherlands, our house no longer felt like a home.
我对采访内容完全失去了主次概念，而且当我回到荷兰家中时，再也感觉不到家的味道。
And finally, on the way from the Gorbeau house to la Force, one of the principal prisoners, Claquesous, had been lost.
最后，在从戈尔博老屋押往拉弗尔斯监狱的路上，那些主要罪犯中的一个，铁牙，不见了。
Now a rare 'lost' species of the plant, thought to have died out 50 years ago, is causing a buzz after being unearthed at a country house in Dorset.
这种物种被认为50年前就已经灭绝了，现在又在多西特的一个乡村住宅里被发现，自然会引起大家的热烈讨论。
It was easy to get lost in the rambling house.
在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。
My friend's Dad hiked into the state park behind our house, miles in, Posting signs explaining about our lost dog.
我小伙伴的爸爸徒步到我们家后面的州公园，沿途几英里都做上了小狗菲比的失物招领标记。
He lost his house in the mudslide last week.
上周的泥石流夺走了他的房子。
Mr. Reagan's popularity dropped steadily through the year after his program was enacted, and his party lost 26 House seats in the next election.
在经济刺激法案开始推行后的头一年里，里根的支持率逐步下行，共和党在接下来的众议院选举中丢了26个席位。
But the reverse is also true; a house that's lost value can prevent someone from taking a job that requires a move.
反过来也如此，如果一个房子失去了原来的价值，它将阻碍人们接受异地工作。
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
如果放在家里的东西找不回来，最容易的办法就是去买个新的回来。
The house became a war zone, and I lost my voice yelling, but still there seemed to be only negative progress, and even I began to have doubts.
整个房间变成了战场，我已喊不出声了，但我仍然没有看见进步，我甚至开始怀疑我的做法。
The house became a war zone, and I lost my voice yelling, but still there seemed to be only negative progress, and even I began to have doubts.
整个房间变成了战场，我已喊不出声了，但我仍然没有看见进步，我甚至开始怀疑我的做法。
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