It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country.
人虽同国却各处东西;在这种情况下相好,谈何容易。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Some vague report had reached her before of my attachment to some young lady in Devonshire.
在这以前她已经隐约听到了一些消息,说我在德文郡和一位年轻女士相好.
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