Kitty's mother had brought to London from her native Liverpool a practical sense of housewifery and Kitty, notwithstanding her air of frivolity, had always had certain gifts to which she referred only in bantering tones.

基蒂母亲从她家乡利一种实用家庭主妇意识带到了伦敦，尽管基蒂轻浮，但她总是有某些天赋， 她只是在玩笑时候提到过。

Yet here was no fault of housewifery; the curse could not be lifted, as the ingrained smudges permanent on the once white woodwork proved.

然而，这并不是家庭主妇错； 诅咒无法解除， 曾经白色品上根深蒂固污迹证明了这一点。

When the schoolmaster got back Sue was making a pretence of doing some housewifery as if she lived there.

校长回来时， 苏假装在做家务， 就好像她住在那儿似。