He did not dally over the choice of a partner.

他没有在选择合伙人上面磨磨蹭蹭。

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They can work and use childminders (parent minders too?), and they can let their partner stay at home while they become the No 1 breadwinner – an increasingly visible choice.

她们能请保姆照顾孩子或父母，自己出去工作，她们也能要求配偶呆在家里，而自己养家糊口，这已经成为一个逐渐可行的方法。

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This would help women to pick a suitable partner, and that's a particularly important ability to have because the costs of poor mate-choice decisions can be severe.

这有助于女性选择一个合适的伙伴，并且是一个特别重要的能力，因为选择不适合的伴侣要付出相当大的代价。

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If the United States were to forego its ability to defeat aggression in more than one theater at a time, our standing as a global power, as the security partner of choice, and as the leader of the international community would be called into question.

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"Perhaps history will bear out that the choice of my partner was my best decision, " said the monarch, who is known affectionately as Queen Bea.

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And Schering looks weak right now, which may not make it exactly the partner of choice.

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