It is hard to sail without wind, and to grind without water.

无风航行难,无水研磨难。

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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.

如果我星期天有空,我就去海边,在海滩上呆一会儿。我戴着水肺潜水、游泳和航海。我喜欢的很多东西都在水的周围。

Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.

她的学生既是她的救星,又是她的绝望。他们给了她维持生活的手段,但他们使生活几乎不值得维持。

I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind.

我受够了一个星期有六天,日复一日地在电影布景前工作。这可能会成为一种折磨。

The man who comes with a talk about others has himself an ax to grind.

带着别人的谈话而来的人,他自己也有自己的目的。

Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you're done.

什么都不做是困难的。你永远不知道你什么时候结束。