Dust and ashes, dust and ashes! And Scheherazade was but a strange, sad sound. Beauty increased and waned like the moon. A little shadow around the eyes, a little crinkle in the neck, the backs of the hands stiffening like parchment. Dust and ashes, dust and ashes! But the little blue shadow would glow like an Easter morning. Or it would be a poor, lonely, unlit shadow in the cold gloom of the clanging worlds. Poor Golden Bells!英文原著 · 《Messer Marco Polo》
In the encounter at Homburg, Ashmead had an advantage; Poikilus thought himself unknown to Ashmead. But this time there was a change. Poikilus knew by this time that La Klosking had gone to Vizard Court. How she had known Severne was there puzzled him a good deal; but he had ended by suspecting Ashmead, in a vague way.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Crawford returned, and her husband introduced her to his friend. Ashcroft fixed his eyes upon her searchingly. "Her face looks strangely familiar," he said to himself. "Where can I have seen her?"
Mrs. Crawford, like all persons who have a secret to conceal, was distrustful of strangers. She took an instant dislike to Reuben Ashcroft, and her greeting was exceedingly cold. "I have invited Mr. Ashcroft to make me a visit of two or three days, my dear," said her husband.英文原著 · 《Driven From Home》
'And ain't ashamed of it? 'Ashamed! Why?'said I, not quite sure of his meaning. It had never occurred to me that one had any cause to be ashamed of working. He turned to McClingan and laughed. 'I guess you ll do for the Tribune,'he said. 'Come and see me at twelve tomorrow. And then they went away.英文原著 · 《Eben Holden》
Presently Lallakalla passed through and entered the room where the Sultana was. A few moments later Ashimullah came in, carrying over one arm several robes of silk and in the other a large box or trunk. Ashimullah looked round cautiously, but saw nobody; the big black slave held his breath, but laid his hand on the scimitar that he wore. Ashimullah waited. Then Lallakalla came out.英文原著 · 《Frivolous Cupid》
"Take them," said he, laughing. "And since Ashimullah has already four wives and yet will give me no wife, why, neither will I give Ashimullah any wives. But he shall have the four wives that he had before, and all the city shall hear of the beauty and the virtue of Ashimullah's wives."英文原著 · 《Frivolous Cupid》
She's this amazing woman, and I never bothered to get to know her, so, yeah, I sprinkled her ashes, but it would have been nice to do something before she was ashes.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
Yes. Uh, I'm ashamed of the... well, I'm not ashamed. That's not the right, um...美剧 · 《House of Cards》
You're ashamed of something. What are you ashamed of?美剧 · 《Lie to me》