A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.牙医可能会决定拔掉那颗牙，以免反复发作。Think of the clammy hands you get when you visit the dentist!想想你去看牙医时那双黏糊糊的手！The dentist commenced to dig, drill and finally fill...
He tossed off a sonnet.他毫不费力地就作了一首十四行诗.The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲.In her trembling voice she read to him Rupert Brook's sonnet.她颤声朗诵给他听卢泊·布鲁克的十四行诗....
The builder shored up the wall with a thick baulk of wood.建筑者用主根粗木梁把培支住.Baulk: A false start to a dive, i . e . a restart.动作失误: 一次跳水起始动作错误, 又开始重做.That's 85 million, surely a sum that would cause even Chelsea to baul...
为了防止有人跟踪我，我特地绕了弯路。In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.我临走时特地事先把办公桌清理了一下。I took the precaution of clearing out my desk before I left.她特地为看你而来.She came for the express purpose of seeing you....