First I stuck my papers in the entrance of a restaurant to keep them dry (no one will buy a wet newspaper). But a man came out and told me to move them because someone might trip.So I got a pasterboard box from the alley, set it on its side by the lamppost and put my papers inside. (上下文...
... Considering
how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an
Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers
which we know today. Bagrit dismissed the idea that computers would learn to
'think' for themselves and would 'rule ...
...谓语可以不是 have done 而是 did 吗?But what else could they do on that dark winter's day when the last of
their store of grain was gone, when the trees were cut and sold, when he had
sold everything, even the little they had saved from the flood, and there was
nothing left except the rafter...
... The rate of taxation or interest is the amount of tax or interest that needs to be paid. It is expressed as a percentage of the amount that is earned, gained as profit, or borrowed.我个人觉得It指代The rate of taxation or interest并且两个the amount of指的也不是同一个.
...rtain sum of money, and you could give it him gradually, as he needed it.""That's very good of you," I said.But I knew it was not kindness that prompted the offer. It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty a...
One difficulty, however, was that few of the remaining 97 percent
recorded their thoughts or had them chronicled by contemporaries. Faced with
this situation, many historians based their investigations on the only records
that seemed to exist: birth, marriage, and death records. 中心词是97 perc...
Side account means an account that is associated with or part of a
contract, intended to hold amounts in excess of the maximum amount permitted to
be held under an exempt contract.Limit on funds held under exempt contract.显然上述句子承前省略了a contract，应该是Side account means an
a...
...oes
to their exit from it. Their eager anxiety to get to the dinner trough that awaits
them is almost ungovernable; and they no sooner reach the first houses of the
town, than a general rush takes place; away
each then starts toward his home; and it is really curious to stand still
and watch how ver...
...es within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds
I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable,
and that the circumstance of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate
will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered
olive ...
...he coutyard on a gurney. As we emerged from our unit the sun light hit me. That is all there was to my experience. Just the light of the sun. 问题：不明白“That is all there was to my experience.” 这句话的语法成分。“That is all there”是主语从句吗？
请问So it is clear what kind of books I wanted to write, in so far as I could be said to want to write books at that time.这个句子中could be said to是插入语吗? 这个被动用法怎么理解，这个与前面的in so far as引导的条件状语从句有关联吗？
... scene, and wondered why Stroeve had insisted on my coming with him. I saw that his wife was on the verge of tears."But it's not only because he's a genius that I ask you to let me bring him here; it's because he's a human being, and he is ill and poor.""I will never have him in my house -- never."S...