a series of mishaps一连串的倒霉事After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany.经历了一番波折之后，她终于设法返回德国。O, it is nothing! She must bear these little mishaps.嗨, 那没什么关系! 她肯定能受得住这么点儿小意外....
Jock paused for effect, his eyes glinting over his glass as he took another drink.乔克为了制造效果停下来又喝了口酒，他的眼睛在酒杯上方光芒闪烁。Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cock crow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight...