...y though, don’t go to any trouble. Sometimes one can wait thirty minutes for a taxi. So I’m happy to get this close.M: Thirty minutes! I’ve been riding around all day looking for passengers.
...er films: the moment when a ruthless genius explains his plans for world domination to a captive Bond, believing him moments from death.这个句子里冒号后面只有一个名词moment吗？还有…最后那个分词短语怎么理解…
For nearly ten years, he did very few interviews or concerts. His simple life might have continued but forthe great musician. 这里的did是强调过去的实事，而不是持续的状态？might have done 这里是虚拟的用法，而不是陈述语气对吗？
A massage and a wave and a collar forthe dog and one of those cute
little ash-trays where you touch a spring, and a wreath with a black silk bow
for mother’s grave that’ll last all summer.ash-trays后面的where怎么理解比较容易懂，这里的where也是表示地点的状语从句吗？
The Australian government
will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of
measures that could become law late next year.这句话的in what it
calls...是不是在它所说的措施当中？
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.这句话可不可以改成：Two men who stayed on a coral island for five days wished they had stayed there far more days.
...o would certainly make no difference to me. If he can’t count on me for that, then everything else I may do or say could be questionable in his eyes. But I also want to express my thoughts in a constructive way. So my goal in this case would be to see if my boss and I could make his idea even...
"...A
military life is not what I was intended for, but circumstances have now made
it eligible. The church ought to have been my profession -- I was brought up
forthe church, and I should at this time have been in possession of a most
valuable living, had it pleased the gentleman we were speaking ...
...n with the green, sweet, luscious fruit. Then the
cocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins (like all the natives,
Ata had a host of relatives) would swarm up the trees and throw down the big
ripe nuts. They split them open and put them in the sun to dry. Then they cut
out the copra and ...
...pattern of light and dark can lead to poor sleep, fatigue and decreased performance, as well as poor health ranging from obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even cancer. ” In places where sunlight is in short supply, bright electric lighting delivered at the right time of day can act as ...