from string import Template

pair = """
	<dt id="source-$num">$source</dt>
	<dd id="target-$num">$target</dd>"""

lexicon = [u'<dl>']

def dtdd(i,a,b): 
	return Template(pair).substitute(num=i,source=a,target=b)

for i, a, b in enumerate(pairs):
	lexicon.append(dtdd(i,a,b))

lexicon.append(u'</dl>')

page = open('/home/user/template.html')
content='\n'.join(lexicon)

def make_page(content):
	return Template(page).substitute(
		{	'page':page,
	 		'content':content }
	)