The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.

  • -- Stephen Leacock 李柯克

一个寄宿家庭的女房东是一个平行四边形,也就是说,一个长方形的角形,这是无法描述的,但它等于任何东西。

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I'm a very outgoing person. I'm always happy, I'm one of those people who are always smiling. If somebody described me to somebody else, they'd say the kid with the curly hair with the big smile on his face. I get along with everybody.

我是一个非常外向的人。我总是很快乐,我是那种总是微笑的人。如果有人向别人描述我,他们会说那个卷发的孩子,脸上带着大大的笑容。我和每个人都相处得很好。

Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.

从生物学角度来说,我是幸运的——一张棱角分明的脸和深色的肤色在相机上表现得很好。

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

你知不知道,你的晚年也会以同样的优雅、力量和魅力降临?

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

加入工会,女孩们,一起说同工同酬。

It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'

当我被形容为“时髦”时,我感到很好笑。