The Pawnees were rather proud of the episode, and as for the Frenchmen, they did not mind. The French have always been very adaptable in America. Ninon was universally popular.英文原著 · 《A Mountain Woman》
"I wish I knew whether you are merely headstrong, or whether you really intend to be a Solomon planter," Sheldon said in the morning, at breakfast. "I wish you were more adaptable," Joan retorted. "You have more preconceived notions than any man I ever met. Why in the name of common sense, in the name of . fair play, can't you get it into your head that I am different from the women you have known, and treat me accordingly? You surely ought to know I am different. I sailed my own schooner here--skipper, if you please. I came here to make my living.英文原著 · 《Adventure》
OLD DECCAN DAYS. By Mary Frere. Joseph McDonough, Albany, New York. A splendid collection of Hindu folk tales, adaptable for all ages.英文原著 · 《How To Tell Stories To Children》
The sun had dropped low, and the two boys, as Mrs. Wheeler watched them from the kitchen window, seemed to be walking beside a prairie fire. She smiled as she saw their black figures moving along on the crest of the hill against the golden sky; even at that distance the one looked so adaptable, and the other so unyielding. They were arguing, probably, and probably Claude was on the wrong side.英文原著 · 《One of Ours》
I unloaded what was needed at Sitka, but as there was no boat going for some months to the other islands, I brought the rest with me, and you are wel- come to it, if in exchange you will ballast the Juno with samples of your agricultural products; while the treaty is pending, I can experiment in our col- onies and make sure which are the most adaptable to the market.英文原著 · 《Rezanov》