They will wait a twelvemonth , and finding no good comes of it .

他们会等待一年，然后发现没有好的转机。

The subject which had been so warmly canvassed between their parents , about a twelvemonth ago , was now brought forward again .

大约在一年以前，父母曾经热烈地争论过这个问题，如今又要旧事重提了。

On the stairs were a troop of little boys and girls , whoes eagerness for their cousin 's appearance would not allow them to wait in the drawing-room , and whose shyness , as they had not seen her for a twelvemonth , prevented their coming lower .

男男女女的孩子们为了急于要见到表奶，在客厅了等不及，又因为一年没见面，不好意思下楼去，便都待在楼梯口。