I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle for second best.
我真心想要的房子我买不起，所以只得退而求其次了。
I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手撑在房子上使自己站稳,缓口气。
I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
我离开了父母的家，放弃了我名下的房产和祖传财产。
I spent hours cleaning the house, but there isn't much to show for all my efforts.
我花了几个小时来打扫房子，但费了这么大力气却看不到多少效果。
I was doubly attracted to the house—by its size and its location.
我喜欢这房子有两方面的原因—大小合适而且地点好。
I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house.
我痛恨建筑工人笨手笨脚地修理我的房子。
I said there was no room in my mother's house, and he said, "All right, come to my studio and paint."
我说在我妈妈的家没有地方，然后他说：“那好吧，到我的画室来画吧。”
The house is tied to the job, so we'll have to move when I retire.
这房子是为工作提供的，所以我退休后我们就得搬家。
I can't bear having cats in the house.
家里有猫我可受不了。
When we bought the house, it was structurally sound, but I decided to redecorate throughout.
我们买下这个房子时，它在结构上很完好，但我决定全部重新装修。
The only thing I wanted was to rise up from the table and leave this house.
我惟一想做的是从餐桌旁站起身来，离开这所房子。
I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it.
我觉得我应该给自己买一小块地，在上面盖一所房子。
If there'd been a halfway decent house for rent on this island, I would have taken it. But it was no dice.
如果这座岛上有稍微像样的房子出租，我就租下来了。但连那样的房子都租不到。
I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.
我无法忍受再次搬家的折腾。
I unearthed my old diaries when we moved house.
我们搬家时，我偶然发现了自己的旧日记。
After I visited my elder sister's house, I was reminded just how different the apartment living with a child was.
在参观了姐姐的房子后，我才觉得有小朋友的公寓是多么得不同。
I am paying for the house by monthly instalments.
我按月分期偿还购买房子的款项。
Once, after cleaning my house, I placed some cardboard boxes in his garden and left my rubbish beside my door.
有一次，我打扫完房子后，在他的花园里放了一些纸板箱，并把我的垃圾放在门口。
I am going to a splendid house in Frankfurt.
我要去法兰克福的一个豪华住宅。
Preface your remarks with something like: "I know you'll think I'm silly but in my house I don't want…"
可以这样开头：“我知道你们会认为我很傻，但在我的房子里，我不想……”
Preface your remarks with something like: 'I know you'll think I'm silly but in my house I don't want…'
可以这样开头：‘我知道你们会认为我很傻，但在我的房子里，我不想……’
When I see some of her guests smoking in her house, as a nonsmoker, I feel unhappy.
当我看到她的一些客人在她的房子里吸烟时，作为一个不吸烟的人，我感到不高兴。
"But how long can you stay in the house?"—"I don't know. It depends."
“但你能在这屋里待多久？” — “不知道，这要看情况而定。”
I share the house with Jim, Ian and Sam, not forgetting Spike, the dog.
我和吉姆、伊恩、萨姆共住一所房子，还有这条狗斯派克。
I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知这座房子以前是家客栈。
I followed his big hulk into the house.
我跟在他魁梧的身躯后面进了屋子。
Darren and I belted down the stairs and ran out of the house.
达伦和我飞奔下楼，跑出了屋子。
I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other.
我当时正打算用什么借口，让人把他从房子里叫出去。
I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.
我相信了这种大众神话，以为只要买上新车或再买栋房子就会最终幸福起来。
I don't like him waltzing into the house as if he owned it.
我不喜欢他像房主似的大摇大摆走进屋来。
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