They don’t so much want a soul mate as a someone to help set up house, produce a family and give stability.
与灵魂伴侣相比，他们更想要一个能帮他们建立家庭、繁衍后代并对他们死心塌地的人。
After graduating from college, my now-husband and I went through the typical process of "setting up house."
从大学毕业之后，我现在的丈夫和我度过了一段典型的“安家立身”的过程。
Slashing interest rates would help to prop up house prices and encourage households to keep borrowing and spending.
大幅度下调利率将有助于支撑房价并鼓励家庭持续贷款和支出。
People are marrying later, for instance — men at 27.5 and women at 25.6, on average — which means newlyweds often have already set up house and are saddled with credit-card debt.
现在人们结婚的年龄越来越晚，比如说——男性平均要到27.5岁，女性要到25.6岁才会结婚——这就意味着新人们通常已经自己买了房子，而且还负担着沉重的信用卡债务。
They fixed up the house before they moved in.
他们把房子装修了以后才迁入。
We're going to trade up to a larger house.
我们打算卖掉房子，再买一座大点的。
He took up a 10-year lease on the house.
他为这房子签了10年的租约。
He opened the gate and started walking up to the house.
他打开大门并迈步向那房子走去。
He ran out of the house and up the road to the village, laughing and singing.
他又笑又唱，跑出房子，沿着大路跑到村子里去。
They passed by the old Welshman's house, halfway up the hill, without hesitating, and still climbed upward.
他们经过半山腰的威尔斯曼的老房子，毫不犹豫地继续往上爬。
The boys followed Eleanor up the drive to the house.
男孩们跟着埃莉诺上了通向房子的车道。
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。
He looked up the slope of land that rose from the house.
他抬头看了看从那所房子向上隆起的斜坡。
She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar.
她正要去父母家为奥斯卡取几件干净的衣服。
We were both so hyped up about buying the house, we could not wait to get in there.
我们两人都对买这所房子感到紧张兴奋，迫不及待地要进去看看。
Our host ran a long extension cord out from the house and set up a screen and a projector.
我们的主人从那所房子里牵出了一条长的延长导线，安置了一块屏幕和一个投影仪。
The spotlight faded and the house lights came up.
聚光灯渐渐熄灭，观众席的灯亮了。
He continued rapidly up the path, not pausing until he neared the Chapter House.
他继续快速地沿着那小径走，直到走近牧师会礼堂才停下脚步。
As soon as it was light he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.
天一亮，他就跳了起来，跳下楼梯，走出了房子。
Everyone loves a good house party, but the cleaning up in the next morning isn't as enjoyable.
每个人都喜欢一个好的家庭聚会，但是第二天早上的大扫除就不那么愉快了。
They made up their mind that they would buy a new house once Larry changed jobs.
他们下定决心，一旦拉里换了工作，他们就会买一栋新房子。
They say you don't call me, that you don't show up at my house, you don't write me emails anymore.
他们说你不要给我打电话，不要出现在我家，不要再给我写邮件。
The family ended up renting a house in North Center that had a smaller yard, but it was still big enough for playtime.
最后，这家人在北中心租了一所房子，院子虽然小一些，但也足够玩了。
As I came across a box that was up but with no house, I checked, and there was mail—outgoing mail—in it.
我偶然发现了一个打开着的信箱，但它不隶属于任何一个房屋，然后我检查了一下，发现里面有一封外发邮件。
Soon more hotels sprung up to house visitors.
很快这里冒出了许许多多的旅馆，以接待游客。
Gong Benru is a successful computer programmer who, like Yang, chooses to save up his cash to buy a house.
宫本儒是一个事业有成的计算机程序员，像杨一样，他选择通过攒钱来买房。
Re-entering the house, he called: "Heidi, get up!"
又进屋后，他喊道：“海蒂，起床了！”
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