...t the fish-market. Once they each ofthem
earned a franc by loading trucks with innumerable boxes of oranges that had
been dumped down on the quay. One day they had a stroke of luck: one ofthe
boarding-masters got a contract to paint a tramp that had come in from
Madagascar round the Cape of Good H...
...语法书上同时说:5）Rather than go by air, I'd take the slowest train - rather than 是“从属连词”，6）Rather than going by air, I'd take the slowest train - 把rather than 用作“介词”呢？句5）可以改成成句6）吗？
...as usual. 像往常一样，我一天下来筋疲力尽。（同上）
at large普遍地（的），全体地（的），详细地：
This group is not representative ofthe population at large. 这个团体不是全体人民的代表。（摘自《剑桥高阶英汉双解词典》p.1233）
He ...
...ture industry released more than 300 sound films—a rough figure, since anumber were silent films with music tracks, or films prepared in dual versions, to take account ofthe many cinemas not yet wired for sound.破折号后是不是silent films or films并列？to take account of是原因状语...
...he
soundbite, accusing him of grossly undervaluing Dell whenattempting to take it
private in 2013.
附上整段内容供参考：Third comes candour. Be honest about failure
as well as success. Founding a business always comes with what Mr Schwarzman
calls “the moment of despair”: when you thi...
...on to that basically simple concept, the bank and its customer owe a large numberof obligations to one another.解析上说是定语从句，这里用depending我不太能理解，能不能改成depends即： who is which depends on whether....
... whenI had
completed my sentence.) 3)We
had got to the station before the train left.
4)The
bell struck thirteen times before it had stopped5)We
got to the station before the train had left.我个人认为1），2），3），4）都是正确的。但是我个人认为第5句是错误的，因为...
"Iremember before we were married he used to potter about with a paint-box. But you never saw such daubs. We used to chaff him. He had absolutely no gift for anything like that.""Of course it's only an excuse," said Mrs. MacAndrew.Mrs. Strickland pondered deeply for some time. It was quite clear th...
...t foot upon the continent
of North America, the skies and lands were
alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife. Native Americans had taken care
ofthese precious natural resources wisely. Unfortunately, it took the
explorers and the settlers who followed only a few decades to decimate a large pa...
...或介词都是可以接动名词作宾语的词，即 mind, understand, remember, about 均可后接动名词作宾语，当然也就可以接动名词的复合结构作宾语： 1. Do you mind Tom opening the window? 你介意汤姆打开窗子吗？2. I can’t understand an adult scolding a...
...ur after hour in those two rooms that he had painted,
looking at his works with sightless eyes, and seeing, perhaps, more than he had
ever seen in his life before. Ata told me that he never complained of his fate,
he never lost courage. To the end his mind remained serene and undisturbed. But
he mad...