We are no beggars! Give us our pay, Mohammed Ali! The defterdar sends us to you! You have our money, and we want it!"
He sprang to the window, tore it open, and, in tones that were heard above the uproar, commanded silence. "The defterdar has deceived you. I have no money! I will come down to you."
He quickly stepped back from the window, and laid the sword, dagger, and pistols, that hung in his belt, on the table. "They shall see that I am not alarmed.英文原著 · 《Mohammed Ali and His House》
Here, then, was her opportunity. Always a diplomatist rather than a general, she gave up the battlefield for the council chamber. She planned the robberies which defter hands achieved; and, turning herself from cly-filer to fence, she received and changed to money all the watches and trinkets stolen by the gang.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
They passed quite close beneath her. She saw Vere's bright and eager face looking the way they were going, anticipating the voyage; Gaspare's brown hands moving swiftly and deftly. She saw the sail run up, the boat bend over. The oars were laid in their places now. The boat went faster through the water. The forms in it dwindled. Was that Vere's head, or Gaspare's? Who was that standing up?英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
A shy, silent youth, deft in work, and at other times conscious and embarrassed. But that, on the part of a stenographer, in the presence of the Wisest Man in Wall Street, was not unnatural. On occasions, Mr. Thorndike had put even royalty-- frayed, impecunious royalty, on the lookout for a loan--at its ease.英文原著 · 《A Wasted Day》
THE ARCHDEACON. She was very deft with her needle once, quite a Dorcas. But the gout has crippled her fingers a good deal. She has not touched the tambour frame for nine or ten years. But she has many other amusements. She is very much interested in her own health.英文原著 · 《A Woman of No Importance》
A complex role that requires a precise touch and a deft hand and I just can't wait to tackle it head-on.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》