...g for me on the steps. He seemed to see nothing, and did not
notice that I had joined him till I touched him on the arm. We walked along in
silence. I tried to imagine what had happened to drive the poor creature to
that dreadful step. I presumed that Strickland knew what had happened, for
someone m...
...em
earned a franc by loading trucks with innumerable boxes of oranges that had
been dumped down on the quay. One day they had a stroke of luck: one of the
boarding-masters got a contract to paint a tramp that had come in from
Madagascar round the Cape of Good Hope, and they spent several days on a p...
No sooner had I reached home than it began to rain.Hardly had I reached home when it began to rain.这两句话主句的过去完成时可不可以改为一般过去式？我知道“hardly +过去完成式 when+一般过去”和“no sooner+过去完成式 than+一般过去时”是固定用法，...
He hadhad a moment of surcease from grief, and then groping words expressed a deep emotion. 他从悲哀中暂时解脱，试图找到合适的话来感谢我，这也正表达了他的一种深刻的感情。请问expressed作非谓语动词修饰整个句子吗？
...those affected may not be able to get as good of a job as they could have, had they been well-fed. Sullivan added that it also prevents them from being able to contribute to society, and the economy, and they would have in a healthier environment.原文翻译为：发育迟缓的儿童在学校里...
She was honest enough to admit that life had failed her. And as between apathy and pain she had made her choice.请问各位专家老师as between是不是两个介词连用，as后边省略了自己的宾语?
_______if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand.A．Would you be surprisedB．Were you surprisedC．Had you been surprisedD．Would you have been surprised这道题网上有两个答案，一个是A，一个D，正确答案是哪个，为什么呢？麻烦老师了。
They realized the clock had stopped __ midnight.A. before B. after时间状语修饰主句还是从句 (想要修饰主句,时间状语放什么位置? 修饰从句,放哪?)加了that之后, 情形一样吗?They realized that the clock had stopped __ midnight.
... imagination gratefully dwelt upon, and the simplicity of his love for her had a deliberate grace. He remained absurd, but the sincerity of his passion excited one's sympathy. I could understand how his wife must feel for him, and I was glad that her affection was so tender. If she had any sense of ...
...reads in the final pages of the novel that
the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in
her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands. It is all very well for such things to
occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want
eve...
the difficulties and risks of the air offensive Goering had so lightly agreed to undertake loomed larger than he had given any hint of perceiving.本句中红色部分是否为“any hint of perceiving”的定语从句？这是定语从句的前置吗？希望老师解惑，谢谢！
▲下面句子是一道全国卷的高考题:Alien had to call a taxi because the box was much too heavy to carry all the way home.▲我对这道题有个疑问：那就是 to carry all the way home 的逻辑主语问题。由于句子主语是 the box，而 the box 是不可能 carry all the way ...
The
EMA reckons that as of March 10th there had been 30 “thromboembolic events” among the 5m people
in the EU who have
received AZ’s vaccine.为什么定语从句不用had received？谢谢各位大咖专家！