He
spoke as though I were a child that needed to be distracted. I was sore, but
not with him so much as with myself. I thought of the happy life that pair had
led in the cosy studio in Montmartre, Stroeve and his wife, their simplicity,
kindness, and hospitality; it seemed to me cruel that it should...
... done with you from this very day. -- I told you in the library, you
know, that I should never speak to you again, and you will find me as good as
my word. I have no pleasure in talking to undutiful children, -- Not that I
have much pleasure indeed in talking to any body. people who suffer as I do
f...
...tures of any other person's speech, and much less than do the features that are common to all speakers.请问：(1) 如何理解 in which? 为什么要加 in?(2) no more than 和 much less than 后面为什么要加 do？
... Boston GlobeFor most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that
inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets, and even bicycles. Dr. Christopher Wilk is a
member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding.
Without the e...
The speaker claimed thatno other modern nation devotes so small a portion of its wealth to public assistance and health as the united states does
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The speaker claimed thatno other modern nation devotes a less small portion of its wealth to public assistance and health than the united st...
（1）、That’s more than I can tell.= That's more complicated a thing than I can tell.（2）、The beauty of the place is more than I can describe.= The beauty of the place is more delicate a thing than I can describe.在这种结构中，more为代词，根据than从句谓语动词的...
...atter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be haunted by the feeling that you had been taking a chance on just that, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain (and you must admit that this is more likely). Then I'd always fear that you were going on writing to me only b...
this
marvellous invention of composing out of twenty-five or thirty sounds that
infinite variety of expressions which, whilst having in themselves no likeness
to what is in our mind, allow us to disclose to others its whole secret, and to
make known to those who cannot penetrate it all that we imagi...
This marvellous invention of composing out of twenty-five or thirty
sounds that infinite variety of expressions which, whilst having in themselves
no likeness to what is in our mind, allow us to disclose to others its whole
secret, and to make known to those who cannot penetrate it all that we imagi...
“Madame Swann, seeing the enormous proportions that the Dreyfus affair was assuming, (and) fearing that her husband’s origins might be used against her, had begged him tono longer speak of the innocence of the convicted man…”请问老师上面句子中的and是连接两个that从句吗?...
... content in his career? Yes and
no. He was thrilled to be doing the comedy that he always felt he should do,
but even during his last few years, he always had a sense of curiosity,
wondering what new role or challenge might be just around the corner. He never
stopped working, never retired.上面一...
It was obvious that he had no social gifts, but these a man can do without; he had no eccentricity even, to take him out of the common run; he was just a good, dull, honest, plain man. One would admire his excellent qualities, but avoid his company. He was null. He was probably a worthy member of so...
...nth, a board went up with dollar bills attached
to it with pins and a sign that read, “Give What You Can, Take What You Need.”People
quickly caught on. And while many took dollars, many others pinned their own
cash to the board. “People of all ages, races, and socio-economic (社会经济的) ...