'of course I understand,' said Mr Collins, 'that young ladies often do not accept a proposal of marriage the first time.

“我当然理解，”柯林斯先生说，“年轻的小姐遇到求婚时第一次通常不接受。”

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After a three-weekend courtship, Pam accepted Randy's proposal of marriage.

经过一段为期3个周末的恋爱，帕姆接受了兰迪的求婚。

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Is proposal of marriage a no-brainer?

求婚是件很简单的事吗？

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He's just released arguably his most commercially accessible disc, The Believer, and "Question" closes the album with a sweet slice-of-life sketch detailing a marriage proposal.

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In a newspaper article earlier this year, the cardinal wrote that the proposal for same-sex marriage represented a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right".

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