... did you manage that?""The woman where I get my bread recommended me. He'd told her he was looking out for someone to paint him. I've got to give her twenty francs.""What's he like?""Splendid. He's got a great red face like a leg of mutton, and on his right cheek there's an enormous mole with long h...
...ans, and
paper. Clothing takes a huge amount of natural resources (资源) to make, and
buying loads of new clothing (or throwing out old clothing) is not healthy for
the environment. So what to do with all those perfectly-good-but-you’re-maybe-a-little-sick-of-them
clothes piled on your bedroom f...
原文: Just because chance had been ruled out as an explanation did not prove telepathy must exist; there were many other ways of getting positive results. 这里as用法是什么?我理解:作介词,解释为“作为”;must是表示“必定”的语气吗?;这句...
The ship ran aground where there should have beena depth of 35 ft.请教老师:上句是词典例句。aground词典都列为adv副词,词组run aground是搁浅的意思。我的疑惑是,run aground应该是系动词+adj用法,aground怎么会是副词呢?如果aground是副词,修饰...
...through it, ___26___ it all around me. I was not a strong ___27___, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my ___28___. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and ___29___ those summer days with my father, who ___30___ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I...
...t means an account that is associated with or part ofa
contract, intended to hold amounts in excess of the maximum amount permitted to
be held under an exempt contract.Limit on funds held under exempt contract.显然上述句子承前省略了a contract,应该是Side account means an
account that...
There can't have been so many people in the street so late at night.There can't be so many people in the street so late at night.请问此例句中,用 have been 和 be 句意上有什么不同? 常态的事件不应该用一般时态吗?
There are many "forced riders", whoare suffering from the climate _______ having impacts scarcely contributed to the problem.A.though B.despite为什么答案是though,把having done看做是分词,我可不可以看成动名词,选despite是不是动名词having done的使用场景太少了...
...ildren?LES:Mm. . . well if
you, if you accept that, you know, there have to be schools, it seems to work
fairly efficiently. Of course one of our great problems in England is that we
have very large classes and. . . um, it would be very nice if we could reduce
that by at least half instead of ther...
...umference of knowledge; it is that which comprehends all science, and that to which all science must be referred. It is at the same time the root and blossom ofall other systems of thought; it is that from which all spring, and that which adorns all; and that which, if blighted, denies the fruit an...
The
night passed rapidly. I was too tired even to dream; I only once awoke to hear
the wind rave in furious gusts, and the rain fall in torrents, and to be
sensible that Miss Miller had taken her place by my side. When I again unclosed
my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing...