She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it.她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking.斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。This was where we were to have our preparatory language courses.这就是我们要上语言预备课的地方....
Pour a cup of the gelatinous mixture into the blender.往搅拌器里倒入一杯胶质混合物。Winston was gelatinous with fatigue.温斯顿累得人都冻胶了.Gelatinous was the right word.“冻胶”,是个很确切的字眼....
现在可以买到许许多多不同种类的蘑菇。There are so many different sorts of mushrooms available these days.把这些蘑菇擦干净，然后用线穿起来。Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.这些蘑菇将会是一道美味的佐菜。These mushrooms would make a delicious side dish....
I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night.我建议大家捡足够多的木柴来撑过这一晚。These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle.这些事件表明北爱尔兰的和平仍然很脆弱。The signs suggest that the elections will be non-violent ...