They have been engaged eighty years, but their parents persistently refused their consent until three days ago.

实际上，他们八十年前就已经订婚了，但他们的父母一直反对他们的婚事，直到三天前才同意。

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And we started slowly and sure enough, he didn't lose any money, I thought, up until a few days ago, when I came home to three phone calls, you know, from my lawyer, from my accountant, from somebody in Palm Beach.

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