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翻译作业Adverbs:
1.We may safely say so.
2.---- The boy is quite clever. ---- Exactly.
3.He said idly, “Well, what does it matter?”
4.They resumed their seats moodily.
5.She always seemed too busy in the house.
6.Slowly he pulled the letter out of the envelop, and unfolded it.
Adjectives:
1.He’s not stupid, merely ignorant.
2.It would be most disastrous if even a rumor of it were given out.
3.We are watching the fluid situation with concern.
4.The explanation is pretty thin.
5.His refusal is not final.
6.Appearances are deceptive.
7.Her face had a strange, lost look.
Nouns:
1.This failure was the making of him.
2.Her abstraction was not because of the tea party.
3.She was politely acquiescent in what was evidently Greek to her.
4.Silence reigned all over for a while.
5.He did not want to hurt her, but an itch to dominate pushed him on to say…Prepositions:
1.This problem is above me.
2.It was beyond his power to sign such a contract.
3.His answer is beside the mark.
4.Under fifty people were there.
5.Never mind, we can manage without help.
Conjunctions:
1.The guerrillas would fight to death before they surrendered.
2.You will fail unless you work harder.
3.They would rather have the blue one than the green one.
4.The stranger had already gone before he hurried to the hotel.
5.She couldn’t sit still till her native country was free.
Phrases:
1.The islanders found themselves far from ready to fight the war.
2.Both sides thought that the peace proposal was one they could accept with dignity.
3.When Philip missed the last bus, he was at a loss to know what to do.
4.Miss Li kept to her room all day.
5.He made light of difficulties and dangers.
Clauses or sentences:
1.Let bygones be bygones.
2.Haste makes waste.
3.As was expected, the enemy walked right into the trap.
4.It had been six or seven hours since I had had anything to eat, drink or smoke.
5.If it worked once, it can work twice.
6.He was 75, but he carried his years lightly.
7.My guess is as good as yours.
8.The decision has to come.。