Well, he could make a pretty good guess as to what the bishop's meant. The bishop meant business. But what did Mr. Linton want with him? Linton was a business man, perhaps he meant business too. Business men occasionally mean business; they more frequently only pretend to do so, in order to put off their guard the men they are trying to get the better of.英文原著 · 《Phyllis of Philistia》
You are disgusted with being idle--occupy yourself, then, with business."
"0h Lord!" Foma nodded his head. "It is hard for one to make himself understood. Yes, it is hard!" And irritated, he almost cried out: "What business? I have no yearning toward business! What is business? Business is merely a name--and if you should look into the depth, into the root of it--you'll find it is nothing but absurdity! Do I not understand it? I understand everything, I see everything, I feel everything!英文原著 · 《The Man Who Was Afraid》
10.--ORDER OF BUSINESS. The following order of business shall
be observed at all regular business meetings:
Devotional exercises. Reading of previous minutes. Report of Treasurer. Report of Vice-Presidents. Unfinished business. New business. Adjournment with prayer.英文原著 · 《The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation》
`So, Mr. Lorry! Men of business may speak to Mr. Darnay now?'
Nobody had made any acknowledgment of Mr. Carton's part in the day's proceedings; nobody had known of it. He was unrobed, and was none the better for it in appearance. `If you knew what a conflict goes on in the business mind, when the business mind is divided between good-natured impulse and business appearances, you would be amused, Mr. Darnay.'
Mr.英文原著 · 《A TALE OF TWO CITIES》
If it be imported in casks, (which is certainly the best way of packing it,) as the freight of a barrel containing four bushels is five shillings, this gives 1s. a bushel for freight; and if we add one penny a bushel for insurance, this will make the amount of freight and insurance 1s. which, added to the prime cost of the Corn in America, (2s. per bushel in the time of peace, and 3s. at this time,) will bring it to 3s. per bushel in time of peace, and 4s. 10d at this present moment.英文原著 · 《ESSAYS-1》
A bushel of Indian Corn of the growth of New England was found to weigh 61 lb.; but we will suppose it to weigh at a medium only 60 lb. per bushel; and we will also suppose that to each bushel of Corn when ground there is 9 lb. of bran, which is surely a very large allowance, and 1 lb. of waste in grinding and sifting;-- this will leave 50 lb. of flour for each bushel of the Corn; and as it will cost, in time of peace, only 3s. or 46 pence, this gives for each pound of flour 46/50 of a penny, or 3 3/4 farthings very nearly.英文原著 · 《ESSAYS-1》
I had a lot of time to think on the bus, and the other bus, and the bus I had to take美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
I need to have a business, or apparently, I'm gonna put someone else's business into my business.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》