不到一刻钟，夜晚的寒气就一扫而光。Within quarter of an hour the coldness of the night had gone.一刻钟以后我就得走了.I've got to go in a quarter of an hour.我敢保证, 你准得受一刻钟的罪.You will have a bad quarter of an hour of it, I assure you....
Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline.令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。Thankfully, it wasn't smothered in stringy cheese like some pizzas.幸好它不像有些比萨饼那样上面涂满了难嚼的奶酪。Things have thankfully worked out all right.谢天谢地，事情终于圆...
在阳台上她不会遭到猛禽的袭击.She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.他是一只年轻的鹰, 一只猛禽.He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.有些猛禽从不攻击鸟类, 另外一些也只是偶而为之.Some raptor never attack birds, others only occasionally....