The New York Times reports that this year's fire season hasn't been as bad as it has been for the previous two years, butthat's little comfort to those witnessing the flames flare up.请教老师，上句flare up是否是witness的宾语补足语？即witness sb do sth这种结构呢？
As often, in such cases, they weren’t telling me more than they had to,
it was up to me to tell them.请问weren’t telling在这里用进行体表示什么意义？表示对将来的计划、安排吗？还是表达一种习惯意义，如果表达喜欢意义怎么理解呢？
我见过下面这类句子的省略：He hurt himself while (he was) playing football.While (he was) at college, he was a prominent athlete.He retained the consciousness of it while (he was)
asleep. 请问专家老师：下面这类句子中的 he was 可以省略吗？即 while 后面可以直接...
2013年高考英语的重庆考题有道题如下：When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, ______ me stories till I fell asleep. (2013重庆卷)A. having told
B. telling
C. told
D. to tell答案是B，这个没问题，但对句中的little不太理解，不是说表示人年纪小...
...面接动词是用不定式还是用动名词？老师说表示“除了”的介词but, except, besides后面接动词时，要用不定式（有时有to，有时不用to），不用动名词。但是，我看到了下面一句：Mary often helps me with my lessons besides completing her own. 为...
—I didn’t do well in the exam. How about you? —I did ______ you. A. as well as B. no better than C.not better than. 答案选 D，我感觉好像都行，难道不好的时候就不能用 A 吗？B、C 感觉是一个意思嘛？ 感谢老师。
What we've seen in the U.S., and some of the more Western, industrialized countries over the last 25 years, is the removal of entry-level jobs and the removal of the simple, repetitive manufacturing jobs.疑问：the more Western 是说更加西式的国家？美国不是西式么？
As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold,deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net.句子的 take hold 如何理解？make the jump without a net 是什么意思？是固定短语吗？