Dr. Macphail hardly knew why he had made up his mind to appeal to the governor.

He keeps putting in good words , and really wants to help them to get married.

他不断在中间说情, 真心想要作成这桩美事.

My teacher spoke in my behalf.

老师替我说情.

If he did not agree to argue Sollozzo's case, he might be killed.

如果他不同意为索洛佐说情, 他很可能被杀掉.

All the students took part in the thorough cleaning.

所有的学生都积极参加了大扫除.

The only time he works hard was at the year-end cleaning.

他唯一努力工作是在 年终 大扫除的时候.

Xiaohong needs to help her mother to thorough cleaning and go shopping.

小红要帮她母亲大扫除和上街买东西.

A lot of students took part in the thorough cleaning yesterday.

昨天许多学生参加大扫除.

Arriving at the school, we found all pupils busy in general clearing.

我们到学校, 看见所有学生都在大扫除.

My mother always insists on cleaning the whole house down at least once a month.

我母亲一直坚持至少每个月把整个房子大扫除一次.

The room requires a general cleaning.

这房间需要一次大扫除.

Reading good books helps to refine our speech.

读一些好书有助于使我们的言谈更优雅.

Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.

她的幽默言谈和坚定决心对其他人来说是一种鼓舞。

I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words.

我常常翻阅书本,看是否能找到一些富有启发性的字句.

Andrew chose his words carefully.

安德鲁仔细地斟酌着字句.

It is so surprising that we belong to the same family , according to the clan tree.

我们行事要遵奉宪法.

The suspect is a Sparton dog but he is surprisingly gentle to his little son.

那嫌疑犯嗜杀成性,但他对待自己的小儿子却异常温柔.

It is difficult to break with old habits.

打破陈规是困难的.

Maybe this is a rule you should break.

也许你该打破这条陈规.

Modern music has broken away from 18-century rules.

现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的陈规.

At be, she decides to want to correct him this abuse.

于是, 她决定要改正他这项恶习.