一犯错误可能当天就会被开除。People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.他近来老犯错误，胆子也开始变小了。Lately he'd been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go.你会因自己的谎言而犯错误。Your own lies will trip you up....
真是一群吝啬鬼。What a bunch of Scrooges.别指望那个吝啬鬼会请你吃饭.Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.那个吝啬鬼对那穷人的叙述无动于衷.The miser was untouched by the poor man's story....
It is our duty to make contributions to our motherland.为祖国做出贡献是我们的责任.Our great motherland is favorably endowed climately.我们祖国的气候(真是)得天独厚.Regular trips back to her adopted motherland have resulted in her first book, Tiger...
教堂的后面有一块荒地。There was a patch of waste land behind the church.他为自己从荒地上开辟出的花园而感到自豪。He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.乡间大片大片的荒地尚未开发。Vast tracts of the country are wild and undeveloped....