The affair seemed to grow more complicated, and the Colonel, with his expletives and his indignation, confused rather than informed me. I was glad that, catching sight of the clock at the Army and Navy Stores, he remembered an engagement to play cards at his club, and so left me to cut across St. ...
He squared his shoulders, saluted, and held the book out toward the woman,
although even while he spoke he felt the bitterness of his disappointment. ①spoke在这里不是短暂动词吗，为什么用while不用when？②前面的even是修饰后面的整个从句吗？
请视原句：But few will be as sensible and considerate when making the long
journey of life <on board> a
big 'social' or 'global' train.请问该句中的词组 on board 后为何可直接跟名词？
Remember when I showed you that financial planners who charged you 1%
of your assets under management were slowly, surreptitiously siphoning away
your money and charging you for (what) was
almost assuredly underperformance in your investments. 请问括号里的（what）指代的是？
...erman made every effort not to damage it in any way. When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long. It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright...
刘老师您好！向您请教一下破折号的用法和插入语的译法： 这个例句是您回答一位网友的，学生拿来用一下~Indeed, the most striking thing about the students to Lexington—in effect, a visitor from the 1990s—was ho...
A favourite pastime of mine to help when money is tight is to stock up on items that are on special offer—such as BOGOF deals (buy one, get one free).标下划线的部分很多地方不理解问题1: to help是修饰pastime? 句意是什么？问题2: stock up on是短语？
The relative contents of the five elements (C, N, O, Si, and Al) at surface depths of 3-5 nm were detected by using a machine. 老师您好，这是一句native speaker 写得科技论文中的句子，其中relative contents 和five elements 在前文中，都没有提过，也不确定说话...
在语料库中，存在着这么一个句子：Regarding the phrase " when it's all said and done, " we're
still a ways off from it actually being done and I think it's all already been
said at least three times.请教各位老师，主句中的现在分词短语“actually being done”究竟充...