21-02-24 Pop Daggett hesitated and glanced uneasily toward the door. I warned yuh, didnt I, the Shoe-Bar was a hoodoo outfit? he evaded. Stratton shook some tobacco into a cigarette-paper and jerked the draw-string with his teeth. Sure you did, but thats not...

21-02-24 Swiftly the echoes of the shots died away, leaving the still serenity of the night again unruffled. For a moment or two Stratton waited expectantly; then his shoulders squared decisively. I reckon its up to us to find out whats going on down there,...

21-02-24 But Strattons mind was too full of the amazing information he had gleaned from the old storekeeper to leave much room for minor reflections. He had been stunned at first--so completely floored that anyone save the garrulous old man intent on making...

21-01-21 After supper that night, Bab and Betty sat in the old porch playing with Josephus and Belinda, and discussing the events of the day; for the appearance of the strange boy and his dog had been a most exciting occurrence in their quiet lives. They had...

20-11-20 11 Batten down the hatches 未雨绸缪 A hatch is a type of door, to batten down a hatch means to close and lock the door. 舱门是门的一种，用木条压住舱门意味着关上和锁上舱门。 When that storm comes tomorrow, we need to have battened down the hatches....

20-11-10 Hes a handsome lad, and one any woman might be proud to call her son, said Hester to Bedford, the stately butler, as they lingered at the hall door one autumn morning to watch their young ladys departure on her daily ride. You are right, Mrs. Hester...

20-10-26 短语 when one door closes, another one opens（当一扇门关上了，另一扇门就会打开） 可以被用来描述当某人失去了一个机会，但又有另一个机会取而代之的情况。这个短语突出表达对未来的乐观态度，尤其是在一件不好的事情刚刚发生的时候。 例句 When I lost my job, my...

18-11-28 A bear had no trouble opening a door as it strolled into a California Highway Patrol office in a mountain town. 一只熊毫不费力地打开加州某山区城镇公路巡警办公室的房门并进入办公室内。 In an online video shared by the CHP Saturday, the bear is seen th...

17-03-14 Norman door is a door with a design that makes it difficult to determine the correct way to open the door. 不知道怎么开门才是正确的，有这样设计的门就称为诺曼门。 A so-called Norman Door has design elements that give you the wrong usability signals t...

16-05-11 The north side of hanbury street is now covered by the sprawling mass of the buildings that were formerly the truman brewery. It was built on the site of number 29 hanbury street, in the back yard of which at around 6am on 8th September 1888, the bo...