嫁妆
要知道嫁一个女儿，再陪上好的嫁妆(marriage portion)，花的钱与大火后重盖一所房子花的钱一样多。我还有3个女儿没出嫁，这就是说，我的房子还要烧3次。
“Very well,” he replied; “I shall bring you no other marriage portion than a story,” and so they parted.
“对，我将不带什么订婚的礼物，而带一个故事来，”他说。 这样他们就分手了。
"Very well, " he replied; "I shall bring you no other marriage portion than a story, " and so they parted.
“很好，”他答道，“我必使你比其他任何一个故事嫁妆”，所以他们分手了。
Until the 1970s a large portion of Japanese couples met through omiai, in which marriage-minded people were introduced to each other by relatives or family friends.
报道说，直到1970年，大部分日本人都是靠家人或朋友介绍，通过相亲的方式结婚的。
Slack created the male-friendly portion while Muhammad, who founded National Black Marriage Day and the Wedded Bliss Foundation, created the female-friendly portion.
Mr Cameron has suffered a series of rifts with a sizeable portion of his backbenchers over Europe, gay marriage and Lords reform.