Mr.
Collins returned most punctually on the Monday fortnight, but his reception at
Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction.
He was too happy, however, to need much attention; and luckily for the others,
the business of love-making relieved them from a great deal ...
...at knowledge is to the mind. [from Henry Cowles : The Revelation of John (1871)] My questions are as follows:Is the word “that” isa determiner or a conjunction?What does the word “that” refer to?What is the predicative in the part “that knowledge is to the mind”?【...
Some
of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to
visit the theatre as a special treat. For them thisisa major operation which
involves considerable planning. As the play draws to its close, they wonder
whether they will ever catch that last train home. The cit dwelle...
Whether the eyes are “the window of the soul” is debatable; that they are intensely important in interpersonal communication isa fact. During the first two months ofa baby’s life, the stimulus that produces a smile isa pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real： a mask with two dots will pro...
Hundreds of scientists, writers and
academics sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published last
December: Policymakers and the rest of us must engage openly with the risk of
global collapse. Researchers in many areas have projected the widespread
collapse as “a credible scenario (情...
... in his study. Despite the fact
that the bottle is tinted a delicate
shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with
what looks like a thick, grayish substance.
If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud. If you exp...
沪教牛津7B第三页课文有一句话：I will never
forget the taste, and the smell as well.附相关上下文：My grandma was a short woman with grey hair. She was always cheerful. She was a very good cook. Her dishes were probably the best in the world. I will never forget the taste, and the...
...hter
seemed born to be a duchess, and that the most elevated rank, instead of giving
her consequence, would be adorned by her. -- These are the kind of little
things which please her ladyship, and it isa sort ofattention which I
conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.""You
judge very properly," s...