中英慣用短語:
  • n.  我昨晚睡在朋友傢裏.   I slept at a friend's house last night
  • n.  夜萬籟俱寂. On is used when the night in question is further defined 對night有所限定時, 要用on   Everything was quiet during the night.
  • v.  夜你回來[回傢]很晚.   home very late last night
  • prep.  夜我們這裏風雨很大, 這孩子卻一直睡著沒醒.   We had an awful storm last night but the baby slept right through
  • n.  昨夜我夢見我在飛翔.   I dreamt about flying last night
  • v.  夜我翻來覆去難以入睡.   I had great difficulty getting off to sleep last night
  • n.  昨夜有嚴重霜凍.   frost last night
  • pron.  夜溫度計顯示氣溫下降到零度.   The thermometer fell to zero lastnight
  • n.  昨夜隔壁有些異常.   There were some strange goings-on next door last night
  • n.  昨天   yesterday
  • adv.  昨天他纔剛剛到.   It was only yesterday that he arrived
  • v.  昨天你去過教堂嗎?   Were you at church yesterday?
  • n.  天她嚮人炫耀她那件新的毛皮大衣.   She was parading her new fur coat yesterday, ie wearing it to show it off to others
  • pron.  天我沒收到賀卡, 但今天有幾張.   I didn't get any cards yesterday but today there were a few
  • v.  天我還跟他說過話呢.   I was speaking to him only yesterday
  •   天打來電話的人想買這所房子.   The people who called yesterday want to buy the house