Think before you act if you wish to avoid friction.

A minute of extra thinking beforehand can save hours of worry later.

三思而后行,可以避免许多不必要的忧虑.

The other merchant considered carefully and realized there were advantages in going second.

商人乙前思后想,觉得后行的人比较有利.

As he pondered on the train home something in his own self seemed to have died.

他坐火车回家,在车上前思后想时,他自己身上有些东西仿佛也已死去.

We are now taking our ease.

我们现在是优哉游哉.

She always seems so laid-back.

她总是显得那么优哉游哉.

Tom has an old head on young shoulders.

汤姆少年老成.

Now many children can be called young but experienced.

现在很多小孩都可以说是少年老成了.

Dick is a rather adult child.

狄克少年老成.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time.

别企图叫我变得少年老成了吧.

What I saw and heard these days has really broadened my views.

这几天的所见所闻真是让我大开眼界.

She tucked at her hair and looked at me nearsightedly.

她挽一挽头发,近视地望望我.

It could overrun the earth.

它可能会在整个世界上横行无忌的.

Traditional clothes are colorful and heavy, made for the cold weather.

传统服饰色彩较艳丽, 是为寒冷天气所设计的厚重衣物.

The silence hung over us like a heavy mist, suffocating and moist.

寂静象厚重的雾一样环绕着我们, 潮湿而令人窒息.

The child was muffled up in a heavy overcoat.

这个孩子被围裹在厚重的大衣里.

The heavy coat seemed to bear him down.

厚重的外套似乎将他压垮了.

How to open up entirely new places to get to.

如何开辟力所能及的全新领域.

God simply asks you to do what you can.

只要力所能及,去做主的事.

This familiar music had demanded action, the kind of which I was incapable.

这熟悉的音乐催促人们行动起来, 采取那种非我力所能及的行动.

Such things aren't within the compass of my power.

这些事不在我力所能及的范围之内.