it’s easier to throw away a few easter cards from your granny when you can see that you have six of them, and then you can pick your favorite.
当你看到来自奶奶的复活节卡片已经有六张在手,扔上几张就容易多了,然后,你可以挑出你的最爱。
he and granny lived in an apartment upstairs from an old neighborhood corner store in the big city.
他和奶奶住在大城市旧住宅区的一家商店楼上的公寓里。
over the years, elaine has stood out as a beacon of a faded era, in long floral skirts, blazers with padded shoulders and granny shoes with socks.
这么多年以来,「伊莲」一直被视为是「落伍」的代名词——穿着长长的碎花裙、带垫肩的马甲以及奶奶那个时代的皮鞋配短袜。
i was always aware granny loved us.
我一直知道奶奶深爱着我们。
i am sure granny could have used those pennies herself but she saved them to give us when we came to visit.
我知道奶奶本可以花掉这些零钱,但是她却总是把它们攒下来,在我们去看望她的时候分给我们。
peter coaxed granny into giving him extra pocket-money.
彼得哄着奶奶再多给他些零用钱。
so be patient with your wife if she ends up wearing her 「happy pants」 and tarpaulinlike granny panties for a little longer than you anticipated.
所以当你的妻子比你预想的穿着宽松裤或者像奶奶的大雨衣一样的衣服的时间要长的时候,耐心点。
i was always aware granny loved us. it was something you could feel with your heart, even when your world was turned upside down.
我一直知道奶奶深爱着我们。即使在你的世界被彻底颠覆时,这种爱也是可以用心感受的到的。
but granny understood.
但是奶奶都懂。
granny took the time to explain the function of her weather vane , hanging on the wall, which predicted the upcoming weather.
奶奶耐心地向我解释过天气风向标的功能,它挂在墻上,用以预测未来的天气。
「we are spending sleepless nights praying that peace will prevail, 」 says the 86-year-old woman whom the presidential contender calls granny sarah.
一位86岁的老年妇女说:「我们整夜不睡,祈祷和平能够实现。」这位老人被这位总统竞争者称为「萨拉奶奶」。
i often help granny wang clean the room.
我常常帮助王奶奶打扫房间。
granny and i are reading books.
我和奶奶正在看书。
not only that, i can see something granny could not have dreamed of─making decisions for my own future.
不仅如此,我做了奶奶做梦也想不到的事情:为自己的未来做出选择。
charismatic granny lida is the base of the local tourism.
散发魅力的琳达奶奶是当地旅游业的王牌。
which is weird, because it「s probably been a long time since you nervously eyed the clock while on the phone with your granny in smallville.
这很奇怪,因为长期以来,你在与乡下小镇的奶奶通话的时候,会不安地盯着墻上的挂钟。
if only i wasn」t so dimwitted; if only i understood how i was to blame for the flaw that granny abhorred so much.
要是我不那么笨,要是我早知道我因为那条让奶奶厌恶的缝儿受到责备的话。
if granny died in hospital you wouldn't leave the doctor to make the funeral arrangements.
如果奶奶在医院里去世了,你恐怕不会让医生留在她身边,而自己去安排葬礼。