He left the plot where once his parental home had stood, and he never looked back.

他头也不回地离开父母的房子曾经矗立过的那小片土地。

He didn't quite understand the content of these letters, but he understood that his parental home did not fit among the new-built houses on the street.

他不太理解信的内容，但他知道大致是说他父母的房子跟这条街上的其他新房不太搭。

And she had to piece together the exact circumstances of how he lost his parental home, from the succinct fragments on offer when Ove reluctantly revealed what had happened.

欧维勉强说出那个故事后，她不得不把那些简短的碎片拼凑起来，还原出他失去房子时的真实情况。

The middle classes moved into new housing developments with straight walls and carefully trimmed lawns, and it soon grew clear to Ove that his parental home stood in the way of progress.

中产阶级兴建新型住宅区，房屋笔挺，草坪齐整，没过多久欧维就得知，父母的房子挡在了发展进程的道路上。