The hostess kept it up. Did the American know the Butteredbuns? Well, one met the Butteredbuns everywhere too. They were rather more extraordinary than the van Squibbers. And then there were the Cakewalks, and the Smith-Trapezes' Mrs. Smith-Trapeze wasn't as extraordinary as her daughter--the one that put the live frog in Lord Meldon's soup--and of course neither of them were "talked about" in the same way that the eldest Cakewalk girl was talked about. Everybody went to them, of course, because one really never knew what one might miss if one didn't go. At length the American said:英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
"Well, sir, an extraordinary occurrence befriended me; no, not extraordinary-- unusual.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
THE story of the foundation and rise of Temple University is an extraordinary story; it is not only extraordinary, but inspiring; it is not only inspiring, but full of romance.英文原著 · 《Acres of Diamonds》
What is it, dear?"
"Ah," said Vickers with grave face. "Yes, a most extraordinary thing. They've caught those villains."
"What, you don't mean? No, papa!" said Sylvia, turning round with alarmed face. In that little family there were, for conversational purposes, but one set of villains in the world--the mutineers of the Osprey. "They've got four of them in the bay at this moment--Rex, Barker, Shiers, and Lesly. They are on board the Lady Jane. The most extraordinary story I ever heard in my life.英文原著 · 《For the Term of His Natural Life》
"Hospital!" he ejaculated. "An extraordinary suggestion, Mrs. Forbes! Most extraordinary! My granddaughter remains in my house."
Mrs. Forbes, crimson with surprise and mortification, retreated. "Very well, sir," she faltered. "Will you have the roses on the dinner table, Mr.英文原著 · 《Jewel》
What do you think of the late extraordinary event in Spain? Could you have ever imagined that those ignorant Goths would have dared to banish the Jesuits? There must have been some very grave and important reasons for so extraordinary a measure: but what they were I do not pretend to guess; and perhaps I shall never know, though all the coffeehouses here do.英文原著 · 《Letters to His Son, 1766-71》
I've had quite a challenge this week to put together words, ordinary words, to describe the most extraordinary man I ever met.美剧 · 《Billions》
And since this is an extraordinary situation-- Well, in one respect.美剧 · 《Billions》
Or you could say this: I was raised in a place that didn't require these extraordinary measures.美剧 · 《Billions》
And I'm telling you as an extraordinary matter of friendship.美剧 · 《Billions》