A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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A poor man has few acquaintances.
穷人几乎没有熟人。
Well, I've been in a few car wrecks.
我经历过几次车祸。
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
狐狸多是灰色的,但很少能长得好。
Few things are as essential as education.
没有什么比教育更重要。
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
多听少说。
There are very few things that surprise me.
很少有让我惊讶的事情。
There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
呆子拍的电影很少。
There are very few people who do what I do.
像我这样做的人很少。
Few of us get anything without working for it.
我们中很少有人不努力就能得到任何东西。
You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping.
你只需要几个人就能实施绑架。
Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.
给自己设定高标准,少些限制。
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.
我们只认识几个人,有许多外套和马裤。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.
霍尔和奥茨是少数几个像当时一样令人满意的音乐团体之一。他们的歌曲在音乐上令人难以置信地满足。没有什么能减少我对他们的爱。
Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.
我对人与人之间的经济鸿沟很感兴趣。这是我小时候写的东西。在我的写作中,我曾多次重温这一点。
I half-punched a paparazzo once. I've hit a few people.
有一次我打了狗仔队半拳。我打了几个人。
Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon.
我的书很少是关于谁偷了马耳他猎鹰的。
Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
瑞士是一个事情很少开始,但很多事情都会结束的国家。
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
事实上,据我所知,很少有小说家对改编自小说的电影感到满意。