She broke the vase just out of spite. / I love her in spite of my mother's objection.
出於惡意她打破花瓶。 / 儘管媽媽反對，我還是愛她。
A spoiled child gets whatever he wants. / I don't want to spoil your fun.
被寵壞的小孩要什麼有什麼。 / 我不想打壞你的興致。
Children love to spray each other with garden hoses. / Don't forget to pack the insect spray when camping.
孩子喜歡用花園的水管互相噴水。 / 露營的時候別忘了帶殺蟲劑。
The American spy works for the CIA. / Mommy sent you to spy on me, didn't she?
這名美國間諜在中情局工作。 / 媽媽派你來監視我，對吧？
She is a very stable person. She never gets too excited or upset. / The patient was in stable condition.
她性情沈穩，從不激動或生氣。 / 病人情況穩定。
He has no steady income. / I feel I am too young to go steady with any girl.
他沒有固定的收入。 / 我覺得我太年輕，不適合有固定的女友。
He stuck a sticky note on her telephone, which said, "Please call me."
他貼了張立可貼順便在她的電話上，上面寫著「請打電話給我」。
He added sugar and milk to his tea and stirred it. / The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination.
他將糖和牛奶加入茶中攪拌。 / 這首詩成功的激發了想像力。
They stripped the prisoners of weapons. / I love to read comic strips in the newspaper.
他們取走了囚犯的武器。 / 我喜歡看報紙的四格漫畫。
The building was rebuilt after its structure was damaged in the earthquake.
這棟建築物在地震毀損後重建。
The painter spent nearly all day working on a painting in his art studio.
那畫家幾乎整天都在畫室作畫。
What's that sticky stuff on my desk? / If you stuff yourself every time you eat, you will gain a lot of weight.
我桌上那黏黏的是什麼玩意兒？ / 假如你每次吃東西都猛塞，你會變很胖。