You don't sound like a foreigner talking English.听你讲英语，不像是外国人。Her family disowned her for marrying a foreigner.她的家人因她嫁给了外国人而与她断绝关系。The fact that I was a foreigner was a big disadvantage.我是外国人这事实对我十分不利。...
The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.提到约翰就真的让人心痛。The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs.单单提到食物就引起了阵阵饥饿感。He's a mere slip of a lad compared to his brother.跟他哥哥一比，他不过是个小毛孩。...
He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.他指控她曾威胁要挖出他的眼睛。I wanted to gouge her eyes out.我那时想把她的双眼挖出来.In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.在中世纪, 惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛....
鲍勃·威尔逊是南方人，来自得克萨斯州。Bob Wilson is a Southerner, from Texas.南方人比较喜欢吃米饭,北方人爱吃面食.The southerners prefer rice and the northerners prefer food made from flour.他的口音表明他是南方人.His accent proclaimed that he was a southerner....