When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock.

return home for lunch ^{回家吃午饭}

• Return home for New Years ^过年回家

He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

look pale ^{面色苍白：指人的脸色看起来没有血色，通常表示生病、虚弱或恐惧等情况。}

• You look pale. Are you OK? ^{你气色不好，没事吧？}

be in a frightful state ^{处于一种可怕的状态(惨不忍睹)}

• The tiger is in a frightful state.

How did your clothes get into such a mess?

get into a mess ^{搞得这样糟}

• When she returned from the market, the children had got the room into a terrible mess.
• Why was her hair in such a mess?

University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.

set…on fire ^{放火，使…燃烧，放火烧…}

• In 1834, someone set the Houses of Parliament on fire.

The fire broke out in the basement.

break out ^{（火灾、战争等）突然发生，爆发}

• When the fire broke out in the ship, Sally was frightened out of her wits.

I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me.

aim…at ^{用…瞄准/对准}

• They aim at improving quality rather than increasing quantity. ^{他们的目的在于提高质量而不是增加数量。}

He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that fellow posted.'

get that fellow posted. ^{把那家伙打发走。}

• get sb. posted. ^{把某人调职。}

The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.

Someone fired a shot through my office window.

fire ^{v. 发射（枪、弹等）}

• When the prisoner of war tried to escape, a guard fired a gun at him.
• A young man fired on the British Ambassador to Japan.

fire a shot ^{开一枪：射击一次，通常指用枪械发射一颗子弹。}

• There are reports that we've not confirmed yet that he did fire a shot when he came in. ^{有未经证实的报道称，他走进大楼的时候已经开枪。}

If I had been ^{(wearing it)}, I would not have been able to get home for lunch. ^假设过去