Quiberon is set on an eight-mile peninsula.基伯龙位于一个 8 英里大小的半岛上。Detectives have run into a conspiracy of silence in the tight-knit communities of the peninsula.侦探们犯了难，半岛上各个群体抱成一团，达成了保持缄默的密约。And we have always been making c...
'At least we weren't kidnapped.' — 'I'm glad of that,' was the laconic response.“至少咱们没被绑架。”——“对此我很庆幸，”答复就是这么简短的一句话。laconic dialogue对话简洁"At least we weren't kidnapped." — "I'm glad ...
We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.我们喜欢他的诚实、不浮夸。He finds human foibles endearing, but is unforgiving of pretension.他觉得人性的弱点很可爱，但不能容忍惺惺作态。It will remain as a pressure group, but no longer has any pretensi...
The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.那些狗又蹦又叫，把链子绷得紧紧的。I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament?我一定会被拴上锁链的. 我也必定要哀怨 吗 ?Supermarket chains have shaved prices.超市连锁店已经稍稍降价。In silk, i...