[2] Snuggled up against his
[3] fiancee, Edna (92), Rob Small (91) said [4] 'I
should have married Edna long ago. She was my first
love.' [5] As teenagers, they fell in love and
got engaged. But in 1929 [6] 'outside interference' [7] brought their three-year relationship to an end. [8]However, there is a happy ending, [9] for the couple [10] are to marry on Saturday. [11] 'I
am going to make her very happy' said Bill.
Meanings
[1] 'Rolling back the years' means looking back into the past.
[2] 'snuggled up' means
sitting very close to someone. 'snuggle' implies that
they were both very comfortable and warm sitting together.
'In the winter it's nice to snuggle up in front of the
fire.'
[3] 'fiancee' is the
word for a woman who is engaged. It's a French word.
The word 'fiance' is for a man. 'My fiancee works in
London.'
[4] 'should have married' means
I didn't marry her and I regret not marrying her - I
made a mistake.
[5] 'as teenagers' means
'when they were teenagers'.
[6] 'outside interference' means that maybe their parents stopped them from getting
married. It wasn't their decision not to get married.
[7] 'to bring something to an
end' means 'to finish something'. 'They brought
the meeting to an end early and went home.'
[8] 'However,' is used
here as a more formal 'but'. It means the same but is
usually used at the beginning of a sentence, followed
by a comma.
[9] 'for' here means
'because'
[10] 'are to marry' means 'they are going to marry'. The 'is/are+infinitive'
structure is often used in newspaper articles instead
of 'going to'.
[11] Now read it again
