I was living in cloud-cuckoo-land about my salary expectations.我对自己的薪水充满了不切实际的幻想。The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds'nests.杜鹃在别的鸟巢中产卵.In England the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者....
He set his skinny legs apart and threw back his shoulders.他叉开两条细腿，猛地挺起胸膛。She had stringy hair and skinny legs.她的长发稀疏，毫无光泽，两条腿跟竹竿似的。At school I was fairly skinny and undersized.上学时我相当瘦小。He was quite a skinny little boy......
...rapping the glass with the knuckles of his right hand...用他右手指关节敲击玻璃Hilton roused him at eight-thirty by rapping on the door...希尔顿8点半敲门把他叫醒了。She kept rapping out orders: "Up a bit, down a bit, do it like that."她不断大声地发号...
他的胸脯上下起伏，然后他深深地吸了口气。His chest heaved, and he took a deep breath.查尔斯不光是有俏屁股和毛茸茸的胸脯。But there is more to Charles than his pert bottom and hairy chest.那鸟儿把胸脯鼓起来吸引雌鸟.The bird swelled out its chest to attract the attention of...
通常法院对这种向饭店勒索的要求均予驳回.Usually the courts dismissed such claims with costs for the hotel.反情报 、 恐怖主义 、 报复及勒索的特殊专家.No : SPECTRE . Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.许多黑帮以勒索的形式收取保护费.Man...