They spread tales about her in an attempt to devalue her work.他们散布一些有关她的流言，企图贬低她的工作。We are not going to devalue the pound. I have made that crystal clear.我们不会让英镑贬值，这一点我已经说得很明白了。If we dig more diligently we must not deval...
The house seemed muted, hushed as if it had been deserted.房子里似乎悄然无声，安静得好像已经没人在住一样。Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。On Sunday Cohen lay around the house all day.科恩星期天一整天都在家无所事事。...
The public address system in the hospital was used for paging.宾馆的公共广播系统被用来传呼找人.At the airport he read an address of welcome on behalf of the association.在机场上他代表该协会致了欢迎词。Next the return address, carelessly scrabbled in th...
她用碎布头做了个靠垫.She made a cushion out of odd bits of material.这块布头足够做一条裙子.This end of cloth is enough for a skirt.后来, 邻居们有好几家买了布料让母亲做,母亲就开始攒布头.Later, neighbors bought for their own daughters and came to Mother....
Isn't drinking absinthe, even at night, a bit, you know.难道喝艾酒不是, 就算是晚上, 也有点, 你知道的.European wormwood; minor source of absinthe.欧洲的一种蒿草; 是苦艾酒的次要来源.After a few steps, the smell of absinthe seizes one by the throat.没走几步...
I bicycled on towards the sea.我继续骑着自行车朝海边走。Sad about the move, I bicycled the hill to Helen's.因为要搬走, 我很伤心,骑车下山来到海伦家.He bicycled to town at night to get me medicine.他夜里骑车进城给我买药....