Can you tell me whether it is a good thing to prune an apple tree ?

你能否告诉我该不该 修剪苹果树？

I think I 'm more aware now of some spiritual things and I do believe in good and evil .

我觉得我现在更加注重精神 生活，而且我真的相信善恶报应。

She was a monster . For one thing she really enjoyed cruelty

她是个恶魔。一 方面，她确实以残忍为乐。

One thing I am sure of was that she was scared

有一 点我能肯定，那就是她当时被吓到了。

' I wonder why . ' Mr. Dambar shrugged . ' It must be just one of those things I guess . '

“我也不知道为啥，”丹巴先生耸了耸肩，“我想可能是 赶巧了吧。”

' What 's that thing in the middle of the fountain ? ' — ' Some kind of statue I guess . '

“喷泉中间的那个 是什么 东西？”——“估计是塑像什么的吧。”

These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally . They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia

这些遗传病通常只发生在男性身上， 如肌肉萎缩、血友病等。

I had always had a thing about red hair

我一直很 讨厌红头发。

He came by on Saturday to see if she was lonely . One thing led to another and he stayed the night .

他星期六过来看看她是 不是感到孤独。自然而然地，他就留下来过夜了。

It 's not a thing Beauchamp . It 's a human being !

比彻姆，那不是一 件 东西，是一个人！

People want to do the right thing and buy ' green '

人们想要做正确的 事，于是购买“绿色”产品。

You really are quite a clever little thing

你真是个聪明的小 家伙 。

Sara wished Franklin to follow family tradition in this as in all things .

萨拉希望富兰克林在这 件 事上和所有 其他 事情 一样，能遵循家庭传统。

This thing 's virtually useless

这 玩意儿简直一 点用也没有。

It was not the done thing . In those days the man was supposed to be the provider .

那不符合社会 习俗。在那个年代，养家的应该是男人。

I 'm a bit unsettled tonight . This war thing 's upsetting me

我今晚有点 心神不定，这场争斗让我不安。

I feel under pressure to go out and get drunk because it 's the thing to do

我感觉不得不出去喝他个 一醉方休，因为 流行这样。

She 'd actually taken it home and she put it in this jar thing

她确实把它拿回了家，放在了一个罐子模样的 东西里。

We accept the right of all men and women to do their own thing however bizarre

我们承认所有人——无论男女 ——都有权以自己的方式去生活，不管其方式有多么怪异离奇。

Sara told him to take all his things and not to return

萨拉叫他带着他的全部 家当离开，再也别回来 。

I realised I had a big problem . I wanted to be all things to all people

我意识到我有个大毛病，我总想不 得罪任何人。

Of course literacy isn 't the same thing as intelligence

当然，识字和智力是 两码事 。

It was one thing to talk about leaving ; it was another to physically walk out the door

说走容易，真要 抬腿跨出门可就难了。

Getting drunk is a thing all young men do

喝醉酒这种 情况小伙子都会有 。

Gossips made a big thing about him going on shopping trips with her

风言风语把他和她出去购物这 件 事闹得沸沸扬扬。

I don 't believe he would tell Leo such a thing

我不信他会告诉利奥这种 事 。

I 'll go see her first thing

我 一早就去看她。

What with one thing and another it was fairly late in the day when we returned to Shrewsbury

忙完这个又忙那个，等到我们回到 什鲁斯伯里的时候，天色已经很晚了。

It isn 't going to solve a single thing

这 什么问题也解决不了 。

Everyone agrees things are getting better

大家都认为， 情况正在好转。