48、December 12,1952

                        37 Oakfield Court
                        Haslemere Road
                        Crouch End

                        17-12-52

Dear Helene:
    So  sorry  I  have  been  so  long  in
dropping you a line.  I  hope  you haven’t
taken it too badly about Adlai.  Maybe  he
will have better luck next time.
    Mrs. Boulton says  she will gladly put
you up  next summer if she is still alive,
she  says,   but I don’t know of anyone of
her age who is more so,  I  feel  sure she
will live to be a hundred.  Anyway, we can
always fix you up somewhere.
    Thanks for the good things you sent us
for  Christmas,  you  are  much  too kind,
Helene!—and if those bodies at Marks & Co.
don’t  give  you  a  banquet when you come
over next year,  well,  they deserve to be
shot.
     I  hope  you have a lovely Christmas.
Cheerio  for  now  and all our best wishes
and thanks.

                                God bless!
                                Nora

注释：
drop a line 给…写信（尤指非正式的简短书信），别理解成“掉了一根线”哦🤓
Adlai 阿德莱，1952年败选美国总统
put you up 接待，供给…(膳宿)，得到(膳)宿
fix up 安排; 修理; 安顿; 为（某人）提供
fix you up somewhere 给你找个地方
Cheerio <英，口>（分别时表达良好祝愿）再见，<古>（为你的健康）干杯; 回见

put up 其实可以表示很多的意思，需要根据上下文来判断它在句子中的意思。
1、把…陈列出来(出售或参加竞赛)；把…拿出来(供考虑、决策或拍卖等)：
例句: He put his possessions up for auction.
他把他的财产拿出来拍卖。
2、参加竞选；提出…任某职，作为成员候选人；选出…任某职；推荐(会员等)，提名(为候选人)；自荐任某职；同意为议员候选人：
例句: She is putting herself up for election to the committee.
她参加委员会的竞选。
3、把…加工贮藏起来，贮藏：
例句: The farmers put up five tons of hay for the winter.
农工们为过冬贮藏了5吨草料。
4、把…打成包；把东西装成(包等)，包袋：例句: The medicine is put up in small bottles.
这药装在小瓶里。
5、建造，盖起(房子)，搭起(帐篷等)；装置：
例句: Many blocks of flats were put up in the 1990's.
许多公寓式建筑群都是20世纪90年代建的。
6、接待，供给…(膳宿)，得到(膳)宿，住旅馆：例句: I'm afraid I can't put you up.
恐怕我不能给你们提供膳宿。
7、[美国英语]提供或调拨(资金、经费)；拿出(钱)来作为(奖金或赌注)，下(赌注)；悬(赏)：
例句: He is willing to put up money on the loeal team.
他乐意把钱赌在本地的球队上。
8、束起(头发)，把(头发)梳上去(或盘在头上)：例句: She's put her hair up.
她把头发挽在头上。
9、从事，进行(殴斗、抵抗、斗争等)：
例句: Very little resistance was put up by the surrounded men.
被围困者基本上没有进行反抗。
10、把(刀、剑)插入鞘内：例句: Put up your sword.
收起你的剑。
11、升起(旗帜、帆等)，举起(手等)：
例句: Put your hands up!You are arrested.
举起手来!你被捕了。
12、显示出，表现出：
例句: The basketball team put up a splendid performance.
这支篮球队表现极佳。
13、把…放在一边，把…搁置起来；放回原处；(把汽车等)开进车房：
例句: You can put up your car in our garage,as it's empty at the moment.
你可以把汽车停在我们的车库里，它现在是空着的。
14、准备(食物等)：例句: It's late,but I think we can put you up a cold meal.
天色已晚，但我想我们可以为你提供一份冷餐。
15、配制(药品)；配方；腌制：
例句: Every summer, mother puts up a large quantity of vegetables for us to eat during the winter.
每年夏天母亲都要腌大量咸菜到冬天食用。
16、(打猎时)惊起(禽兽)；把(猎物)赶出巢穴；使(野兽等)离开躲藏处(或隐蔽处)：
例句: The hunting dog put up some partridges.
猎狗惊起了几只鹧鸪。
17、发起；提出(申请)：
例句: Your suggestion is to be put up at the next meeting of the board.
你的建议将在下次董事会上提出。
18、做(祷告)：
例句: She put up a prayer for her son's safety.
她为她儿子的安全祈祷。
19、请(某人)站起来讲话
20、张贴(布告等)；公布(结婚预告等)：例句: The principal put up the exam result.
校长公布了这次考试的结果。
21、上演(剧本)
22、预谋(某事)(尤指为了给人以虚假印象)；装出，装作：
例句: The residents believe that the appointment of their new mayor was put up.
市民们都相信新市长的任命是安排好了的。
23、提高；增加；抬高(租金、价格等)：
例句: My landlord was threatening to put the rent up by 10 dollars a week.
我房东要挟说要把每周房租提高10美元。
24、提出(问题)
25、把…向上放：
例句: Put your hand up the cupboard and see if you can feel anything.
把手伸到柜橱上面，看你能摸到什么。