9th.--Carried Mr. Haydon his appointment as a Trustee of the Turnpike; he gave me 5s. After the meeting the trustees went to Mr. Flutter's; {3} they sent for me about 8, to play at cards. {4} I played at whisk with Mr. Flutter, Mr. Martyr, and Mrs. Flutter: won every game.英文原著 · 《Diary of William Bray》
He flung the things into his bag, fastened and locked it, strapped up his blankets for her use, flung on his pea-jacket, and turned the handle of his door to run out. The door did not open! He pushed it. It did not yield! He rushed at it. It was fast! He uttered a cry of rage and flung himself at it. Horror!英文原著 · 《Foul Play》
"But do not talk of her flute-like voice; the flute-tone is not one a real voice need cultivate; except where it silvers the edges of a dark mass of orchestral harmony, the flute's unmitigated sweetness must and should contrast with the more clarionet and reed-like quality of a voice as rich and human as that of Jenny Lind.英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
What more do you want? Victor Chauvet never had much luck to speak of. He managed to live, and to get along, and to take good care of Marie, who resembled the one woman he had loved. He took very good care of her. Flush of Gold was the pet name he gave her. Flush of Gold Creek was named after her--Flush of Gold town site, too. The old man was great on town sites, only he never landed them. "Now, honestly," Lon said, with one of his lightning changes, "you've seen her, what do you think of her--of her looks, I mean?英文原著 · 《Lost Face》
Our streams, which are small, and rise only at the end of the village, yield nothing but the bull's head or miller's thumb (gobius fluviatilis capitatus), the trout (trutta fluviatilis), the eel (anguilla), the lampern (lampaetra parka et fluviatilis), and the stickle-back (pisciculus aculeatus).英文原著 · 《The Natural History of Selborne》
If he had lacked provocation before, he considered that he had it now. He showed his teeth and flung his detestable body upon her; and Kate felt herself grow- ing dizzy with fear. But just then an arm was interposed and the dog was flung back. There was a momentary struggle. Some gentlemen came hurrying out of the office; and as they beat the dog back to its retreat, Kate summoned words from her parched throat to thank her benefactor.英文原著 · 《A Mountain Woman》
And they die not of the flu but because the flu gives an assault to their immune system. and they die not of the flu but because the flu gives an assault to their immune system.演讲 · 《Lessons from the 1918 flu ~ Laurie Garrett》