Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.

  • -- Robert Hall 霍尔

直呼其名——一杯白兰地加水!这是当前名称,但不是合适的名称;要求一杯液体火和蒸馏诅咒。

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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒,不掺水的时候味道很浓,但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上,就拿著苇子,从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean' aunt.

我喜欢给家里的孩子买书。我想这就是为什么他们叫我“刻薄的”阿姨。

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

我从来没有像现在这样害怕舞台。

Everyone wants a little bit of something beautiful.

每个人都想要一点点美好的东西。

Water that has reached its level does not flow.

已达到水平面的水不流动。

People want incongruous, impossible things.

人们想要不协调的、不可能的事情。