After that I would often slip away to the little cottage by the mealie lands.

但她对我的婚姻大事还是经常边。她常常问一些怪怪的问题，几乎像担心我的婚事会告吹一样。

Our research will certainly go by the board if the government doesn’t agree to continue financing it.

如政府不同意继续提供资金，我们的研究肯定要告吹。