Some day, when my daughter is married and my son has a wife and is able to take my place on the island, we shall go back and finish our days in the old house in which I was born.
将来有一天,等我女儿结了婚,我儿子娶了妻,能够把我在岛上的一番事业接过去以后,我就和我妻子回去,在我出生的那所老房子里安度晚年
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1.marry 结婚
I thought he would change after we got married.
我原以为他会在我们结婚后改变的
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marry above oneself 与比自己身份地位高的人结婚
marry into money 傍大款,为了钱而结婚
marry one's way out of 结婚以摆脱(困境)
2.take one's place 代替某人的职位;坐某人的座位
It was decided that I would take my sister's place as the head of the company.
已经决定由我代替我姐姐担任公司的领导
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