... to expect;but a worse followed,when,upon inquiry for his daughter and her husband,he was told they were weary with traveling all night,and could not see him;and when lastly,upon his insisting in a positive and angry manner to see them,they came to greet him,whom should he see in their company,but t...
...he other hand, though it may have started out historically as black board, now is stressed ononly the first element, black.Some dictionaries mark secondary stress on the second element,, board. However, this is a typographic convention due to the lack of sufficient symbols to distinguish full from ...
...The stationmaster
came out on the platform. Signal lights flashed here and thereon the line."Let's see the train in and go home," said Sasha, yawning.
"What a splendid time we are having together, Varya, it's so splendid, one
can hardly believe it's true!"The dark monster crept noiselessly alongsid...
...for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in. 'Did you have a good meal?" he asked. 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.' The ...
...ench authorities had the plane packaged and moved in
parts back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane
restored. It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to
have only three of them rebuilt. Imagine their surprise and delight when they
broke open the ...
He always did well at school_____having to do part-time jobs every now
and then.A. in case ofB. in spite ofC. regardless ofD. on account of这里正确答案学B，从意思上我理解，但是in spite of 不是后面只接名词或短语，不接从句吗，having to do
part-time jobs every now an...
... Room 1The celebrity (名人) footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities’ choice of footwear ex...
...ould recognize it as familiar territory. Well, I had been wrong, for I wasnow lost.I
looked at the map and then at the millimeter. I had come ten miles since
leaving the town, and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and
cottages in a valley, with the spire of the chu...
...ed there, you'd think the prices would come down. In fact, though, the popularity of some tulips increased tremendously. So demands soon far exceeded supply and their prices skyrocketed. And the tulips most prized for their uniqueness andbeauty were apparently the ones inflected by this mysterio...
... But this is one of
those formal English rules that derive ultimately from there being a history of
deciding that English should work like Latin, therefore anything wrong in Latin
is wrong in English, and ultimately this just doesn't reflect the way English
works. 而且此人还推荐了一个权...