中英慣用短語:
  •   我們必須自到那裏去開會嗎?   Have we to make our own way to the conference?
  •   我們想親眼看看.   We'd like to see it for ourselves
  •   我們是遠親.   We're distantly related
  • n.  我聽到你父去世的噩耗, 十分難過.   I was most distressed to hear the sad news of your father's death
  • adj.  我傢在世的近是我的遠房堂兄.   The nearest member of my family still alive is a rather distant cousin
  • lat.  我對她代盡其父母的責任.   I stand towards her in loco parentis
  • adj.  我將親自過問此事.   I shall give the matter my personal attention
  •   我已見到簡, 我也見到了她的母.   I've met Jane and I've also met her mother
  • n.  我總的印象是他似乎很和藹可.   My general impression was that he seemed a pleasant man
  •   我把她的口信帶給他母.   I passed her message on to his mother
  • v.  我把要結婚的消息告訴了母, 母非常激動.   My mother really flipped when I told her I was getting married
  • adv.  我曾經見過你的母親.   I once met your mother
  • n.  我有個戚要來此暫住.   A relation of mine is coming to stay
  • adj.  我根本不聽我父的話.   I was very disobedient towards my father
  • n.  我母40年來一直做護理工作.   My mother's been nursing for 40 years
  • v.  我母不喜歡看到你和我在一起.   dislikes our being together