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Translation of special English patterns “it” as antecedent subj. obj. It is no common for him to receive letters. It is not supposed to be easy for women to rise to the height of taking the large free view of anything-anything which calls for action. Make it the first object to be able to fix and hold you attention upon your studies. I have heard it remarked by a statesman of high reputation that most men died of smoking. 什么东西都来不及躲起来了. 谣传快要打仗了 雾大得看不出距离来. It is no time for me to hide anything. Rumor has made it that there will be war. The fog made it difficult to calculate the distance It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us. 只有浅薄取人的人才会以貌取人. It is only shallow people who judge by appearance. To his superiors, he is humility itself. Washington was discretion itself in the use of speech, never taking advantage of an opponent, or seeking a short-lived triumph in a debate. Sth of /anything of 表“程度” –有点, 略微 Nothing of – 毫无, 全无 Much of – 大有 Not much of—算不上, 称不上 Little of—几乎无 Sth like– 有点像,略似 He is very much of a gentleman. He is more of a scholar than a teacher. If he is anything of a gentleman, he will keep his promise. He knows something of everything. There was nothing of the student about him, but very much of the business man. n. of n. the same person/thing her old sharper of a father Those pigs of girls eat so much. She was an angel of a wife. The child is a treasure of a son as … as … can/may be It is as plain as plain can be. You are as wrong as wrong can be. He always comes to see me and help me, and was as good to me as could be. as good as…就像, 几乎如; 实际上,其实 The merchant as good as promised the boy, that he would adopt him. Out of the eight men who were knocked down in the accident, only three still breathed; and of these two were as good as dead. may as well…as; 与其…不如…更好; 以这样做…为益; 如同… might as well…as(表不可能的事) 犹如… ; 可与…一样荒唐 One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly. You may as well begin at once. Friends