...ks."What is she like?"I hesitated a little. I knew that I had a bombshell."There isn't a woman."Colonel MacAndrew and his wife uttered expressions of incredulity, and Mrs. Strickland sprang to her feet."Do you mean to say you never saw her?""There'snoone to see. He's quite alone.""That's preposter...
...f people called potter who had a son
called Harry. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure his nephew was called
Harry. … There was no point in worrying his wife, …问题：1. He was sure (that)+从句、I'm glad (that)+从句等，这类主系表结构中的形容词后加的从句，具体是...
...n’s consumers would like to change or improve their cooking in some way.
There has been a rise in the number of students applying for food courses at UK
universities and colleges. It seems that TV programmes have helped change what
people think about cooking.According
to a new study from market an...
...e was preparing to see him with
a degree of composure which astonished her husbandand daughters.Mr.
Collins was punctual to his time, and was received with great politeness by the
whole family. Mr. Bennet, indeed, said little; but the ladies were ready enough
to talk, and Mr. Collins seemed neither...
...。
She was too ill to travel. 她病得太重，不能去旅行。
Her husbandis serious ill in hospital.
她丈夫在医院里病得很重。
She was unlucky enough to fall ill on
holiday. 她真是倒霉，在度假时病倒了。
Their defeat was mainly due to their
ill-discipline. 他们...
...se surroundings. I thought it could hardly have failed to strike them that there was something incongruous in him."But if he wanted to be an artist, why didn't he say so?" asked Mrs. Strickland at last. "I should have thought I was the last person to be unsympathetic to -- to aspirations of that kin...
...e thanused to emphasize how small an amount is至多，不超过，仅仅 There are beautiful mountains
not more than ten minutes' drive away.开车不超过10分钟，就能看见峻秀的山脉。在韦氏词典中，有这样一个例句，Choose no/not more than three
options. [=choose three op...
..., Sir Henry -- indeed I didn't.""The man isa public danger. There are lonely houses scattered over the moor, and he isa fellow who would stick at nothing. You only want to get a glimpse of his face to see that. Look at Mr. Stapleton's house, for example, with noone but himself t...
...rs. Strickland, proud
and smiling. "My daughter isnow Mrs. Ronaldson. Her husband's a Major in
the Gunners.""He's
by way of being a pukka soldier, you know," said Mrs. Ronaldson gaily.
"That's why he's only a Major."I
remembered my anticipation long ago that she would marry a soldier. It was
inevit...
... that gave the most, is that they were full of smiles,”
Bridges said. “There’s a certain feeling that giving can do for you and that
was apparent in those that gave the most.” Most people who took dollars took
only a few, but Bridges said a very small number took as much as they could. While...
...diaand
other countries before eventually reaching Europe, where it became popularin
places like France, Belgium and the Netherlands.So
how does it work? Louise Hartley, who is leading the TinyForest project in the UK, explains
that the process begins by identifying areas in which a tiny forest cou...
...差别呢？（这根本没有任何差别。）How should I know? ['There isno reason why I should know.']我怎么能知道？（我不可能知道。）What should I say? ['There isnothing that I should say.']我能说什么呢？（我无话可说。）What makes you think...
...tain of nothing in dealing with creatures so incalculable as
human beings, there were explanations of Blanche Stroeve's behaviour which were
at all events plausible. On the other hand, I did not understand Strickland at
all. I racked my brain, but could in no way account for an action so contrary
to...