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意大利今天把贴现率提高了一个百分点。亚诺特事先已得到了卡塔尼亚的通风报信。
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Summer was reaching its height and the trees were beginning to look like tired flowers in a hot room.
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此时已是盛夏，树木看上去就像是暖房里蔫了的花儿。
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“It’s short for Marina，but nobody ever calls me that.I don’t like it anyway.”
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“I do.Still，mine’s short for Sarah，and I don’t like that either，so it’s titfor tat，isn’t it？”
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“这是玛丽娜的简称，不过没人这么叫过我，不管怎么说，我不喜欢这个名字。”
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“我喜欢。不过，我的名字是莎拉的简称，我也不喜欢。这样，我们就打了个平手，是不是？”
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【又例：You confess and he’ll forgive.Tit-for-tat。你认罪，他恕罪，一报还一报。】
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You’d do better to mind your own business，and not go tittle-tattling below stairs with Cook.
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你最好还是管管你自己的事，不要到楼下和库克瞎侃。
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He made a great to-do about search for her.
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他假装费了老大的劲儿在找她。
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Jack’s eyes shone，as the curtain drew apart to reveal her，alone at the center of the stage，a surprised expression in her huge，dark eyes.She was thetoast of London.
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当帷幕被拉开，她一个人出现在舞台中央时，杰克的眼睛炯炯发光。她那又大又黑的眼睛露出了惊讶的神情。她已经成了伦敦的明星人物了。
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【注：the toast of a particular place指的是成为某个地方的新宠，或成为人们崇拜的对象，如：Not so long ago she was a little-known actress playing in a provincial theatre—these days she’s the toast of New York.不久前她还只是一个在地方剧院里演出的无名小卒，可这几天她已成了纽约的大红人。】
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Quite apart from the strain of the tour and its traumatic end，the early months of her pregnancy had taken their toll.
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除了旅途的紧张和痛苦的结局外，她几个月的妊娠也伤了她的元气。
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【注：take one’s toll表示产生不良的影响，中文的释意要视具体情况而定。又例：The small drop of porter was taking its toll.She felt her head spinning and sat down on a corner of the sofa.一点儿黑啤酒就让她受不了了，她感到头晕目眩，坐到了沙发的一角。】
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He thought his little tomboy daughter would be the perfect climbing partner.
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他觉得他那个假小子女儿完全能和他一起爬山。
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Striding down the broad sidewalk，she felt on top of the world.
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当她大步走在宽阔的人行道上时，她感到自己是最幸福的。
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【注：on top of the world在不同场合下，可以翻译成与感到很高兴、很自豪、很幸福相关的话语，但基本含义是某种状态下情绪高涨的极点。】
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They both donned large black top-hats.
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他俩都戴着黑色的大礼帽。
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