The problem then was not, and is not now, about houses. It's about credit - or the lack of it.

那时发生的问题，直到现在的问题，实质上都不是房地产的问题，而是有关信用，或者说是信用的缺失。

youdao

That was all he could do, in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far-off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea.

这就是它所能做的了，不管窗帘的尺寸，不管辽阔的天空，不管远处房屋的炊烟，不管那甜美的声音，或者偶尔，不管一艘出海的汽船。

youdao

Between now and then the major political factions are going to have to get their houses in order, particularly since you are going to have Sunni Arab participation, I think, you know, far above and beyond their participation last January in the interim parliamentary elections, which means the sort of massive majority that the Shiites have had won't be there.

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