As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.
one of the markets of old Delhi of India of Asia 亚洲印度旧德里的市场之一(of所有格做连接,尽量不要超过2个of)
| stop to do sth. 停下其他活动去做不定式表示的动作 | stop doing sth. 停止做某事 |
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As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets.
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pick up 拿起、捡起;意外地找到 |
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pick sb. up (顺路)接某人 |
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| pick up a lot of English = learn a lot of English 偶然地学会 | I picked up a lot of English while I was in England. 在英国的时候, 我学到了不少英语 |
| pick up the radio program | = the program on the radio 在广播上收听节目 |
| pick out 挑出,选出,辩认出 |
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When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake.
- play a tune(tune 可数名词)
- play music(music 不可数名词)
| have/get/catch a (first) glimpse of… 一瞥,一看 | This afternoon I caught/got/had a glimpse of Debbie and Dan walking together in the park. |
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| take a glimpse at 瞥见 | He took a glimpse at the ‘No Parking’ signs outside Jasper’s gate and parked his car there. |
| at the first sight 一见钟情 | I love you at the first sight of you. |
It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe.
The word rise simply means to get up or go to a higher position from a lower position.
The word raise means to elevate something to a higher level/position. 请开始学习尝试理解英英解释~
| rise(rose、risen) vi. 升(位置) | raise(raised、raised) vt. 提高(位置/等级) |
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| The sun rises every day. get up 、go to a higher position | You raise me up. 你鼓舞了我 elevate something to a higher level、position |
We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs.
very much surprised 不常见的修饰 一般用 very surprised 或 most surprised
The snake, however, continued to "dance" slowly.
| However adv. 然而(修饰句子) | but conj.连词(连接句子) |
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| 放到单个句子的中间(前后逗号)、句首(后逗号)、句尾(前逗号) | 放到句与句的中间做“转折”链接 |
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It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
tell vt. “辨别、分辨、识别”时常与 can,could,be able to 连用。
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