To make a public declaration of their love and commitment, a man and woman jumped over a broom into matrimony, to the beat of drums.

为了向世宣布他们的爱情和婚约，一对黑男女和着鼓声的节奏，一起跳过一把扫帚。

My maiden aunt, Honoria, always alleged that she called off her engagement to a wizard in the Improper Use of Magic Office because she discovered in time that “he had a hairy heart”.

我那未婚的姑妈霍诺利亚总是声称，她跟一个在禁止滥用魔法办公室工作的巫师解除了婚约，因为她及时发现了“他有一颗毛心脏”。

But her mother, Lady Bracknell, is not pleased about the engagement.

但她的母亲，布拉克内尔女士，对这个婚约感到。

The Chicago Tribune reports it may have been over a broken engagement.

据《芝加哥论坛报》报道，二可能是因为婚约破裂而争吵。

Before three months were out, the two had mutually broken off their engagement.

到三个月，两就互相解除了婚约。

Now she cannot get off so easily—everybody will blame her if she loses him.

现在她要解除婚约是的——如果她失去了他，都会责备她。

But why did you call off the wedding? I didn't. You did.

那为什么要取消婚约呢? 我没有, 是你取消的。

She said her brother and Lady Glenmire had come to an understanding at last.

她说她哥哥和格兰米尔夫最终说定了婚约。

You'll never break off our engagement again, Cecily?

你会再取消我们的婚约了吧， 塞西莉？

All I know is that Tony broke off our engagement, which I had not deserved, because Mary Crawley crooked her little finger at him.

我只知道托尼毁了我们的婚约，而且他这么做毫无来由，就因为玛丽·卡劳利冲他勾了勾手指。

" Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday."

“因为她说过，她要在婚约公开宣布的那一天把照片送出去。那就是下星期一。”

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

让那些只赢得女首肯婚约但没有同时赢得她们内心最深处的激情的男们发抖吧!

Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay major of marines, to whom she became engaged.

两年前，朱莉娅在圣诞节到她家去，在那里认识了一位领半薪的海军陆战队少校，并和他缔结了婚约。

You can say, The couple got engaged two years ago, which makes it a really long engagement!

“这对情侣两年前订了婚，这婚约时间真长。”

The three you wrote after I had broken off the engagement are so beautiful, and so badly spelt, that even now I can hardly read them without crying a little.

我跟你解除婚约以后，你给我写的那三封信，那么漂亮，也同时那么糟糕，就算到现在我读起来都禁住要哭。

That, since Wildeve's resumption of his right to Thomasin, Venn, with the thoroughness which was part of his character, had determined to see the end of the episode.

也没说自从韦狄重申他对托玛茜的婚约后，维恩按他做事彻底的性格，决意要看到这件事会是个怎样的结局。

In December, 1917, a sick and depressed Kafka broke off his engagement to Felice for a second time.

1917 年 12 月，病重且抑郁的卡夫卡第二次与菲莉丝解除了婚约。

A young girl should be surprised by an engagement, pleasantly or unpleasantly.

一个小姑娘会对婚约惊奇的，论是高兴地还是高兴地。

In November, 1919, Kafka broke off his engagement with Wohryzek.

1919 年 11 月，卡夫卡与沃赫里泽克解除了婚约。

Cecily and I are both engaged to be married to your brother, so it is a matter of some importance to us to know where he is at present.

塞西莉和我都定下婚约和你弟弟结婚，所以对我们来说知道他在哪里很重要。