We happened to discover we had a friend in common.
我们碰巧发现我们有个共同的朋友。
We thought we had them licked.
我们以为已经轻易地把他们对付过去了。
We had it drummed into us that we should never talk to strangers.
我们曾被反复叮嘱千万不要与陌生人讲话。
Originally, we had intended to go to Italy, but then we won the trip to Greece.
我们本来打算去意大利，但后来获得机会去了希腊。
We finished later than we had intended.
我们完成时已超出原定时间。
We spent every last penny we had on the house.
我们把所有的钱都花在房子上了。
We arrived to find the staff cleaning up some breakages, and they asked us where we had been when the earthquake hit.
我们到达时发现工作人员正在清理一些破碎物品，他们问地震时我们在哪里。
We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted.
我们都很穷，尽管我们有一堆又一堆和欧洲人画得一样好的画。
If we had three months, we would do it in three months.
如果我们有3个月时间，我们就花3个月完成。
For example, we could write to each other—like we used to before we had the internet.
例如，我们可以互相写信——就像我们有互联网之前那样。
Now, we geologists thought we had a pretty good idea of how the Grand Canyon in the southwestern United States was formed.
现在，我们地质学家自认为对美国西南部大峡谷的形成有了很好的认识。
We wouldn't have got this hungry if we had brought some snacks.
如果我们带点零食就不会这么饿了。
When we were children, we barely had any junk food available, and we turned out just fine.
当我们还是孩子的时候，我们几乎接触不到任何垃圾食品，我们还是过得很好。
We ended up in like the business part of London and we had no clue where we were.
我们走到了伦敦的商业区，我们完全不知道我们在哪儿。
When we moved we had to put our furniture in storage for a while.
搬家时我们不得不把家具送出去存放一阵子。
We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car.
我们开了几英里直到轮胎漏气了，然后我们不得不停下车。
Warren said, "We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal."
沃伦说：“我们已经进行了富有意义的谈判，我相信我们很快就能达成协议。”
When we came home we had a meal waiting for us.
我们回到家时，有一顿饭正等着我们去享用。
We found out later that we had been at the same school.
后来我们才弄清楚我们是校友。
We had to wait a week before we got the results.
我们不得不等候一个星期才拿到了结果。
We had to stop for breath before we got to the top.
我们不得不喘口气，然后再登山顶。
We needed to get to London but we had no means of transport.
我们需要赶往伦敦，但却没有任何交通工具。
I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
我原以为我们可以到达橡树谷，但是我们仅仅完成了行程的第一段。
We didn't know how we would cope once the money had gone.
一旦钱花光了，我们就不知道该怎么办了。
We had to mission round all the bars until we found him.
我们跑遍了所有的酒吧才找到他。
We went for the bottle of whisky that we had stashed behind the bookcase.
我们去取那瓶我们藏在书柜后面的威士忌。
We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone.
那是我们这些村民自己修建的，没有用任何人帮忙。
We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack.
我们很匆忙，只好将就着来了点小吃。
We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top.
我们从最底层做起，必须奋斗到最高层。
If we had caught the flight yesterday, we would be enjoying our holiday on the beach.
如果我们昨天赶上那趟航班，我们现在就可以在海滩上度假了。
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