...being useful, and that it amply repaid her
for the little sacrifice of her time. This was very amiable, but Charlotte's
kindness extended farther than Elizabeth had any conception of; -- its object
was nothing less than to secure her from any return of Mr. Collins's addresses,
by engaging them towar...
...at day forward the Assembly was at odds with us .Velzquez's work from that time forward was confned largely to portraits of the royal family .请问这个from…forward表示从…之后，和直接用from…有什么区别？因为from本身就有从…之后的意思，所以不太明白为什么...
...ergy, both of which are essential in turning out and
throwing away, and sentiment. Things owned for a long time are full
associations with the past, perhaps with relatives who are dead, and so they
gradually acquire a value beyond
their true worth.Some
things are collected deliberately in the home i...
...ho will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with
my pain and loss of time from school. 请教老师，serve them pleasantly 是什么意思？其中them指的是什么？这里的serve含义和用法是什么？ loss of time
from school 什么意思，其中from怎么理解？
..., and the mulatto, sober, was a man to be reckoned with. He
would bide his time stealthily. He would be in no hurry, but one night
Strickland would get a knife-thrust in his back, and in a day or two the corpse
of a nameless beach-comber would be fished out of the dirty water of the
harbour. Nichols...