You know,it would've been a whole lot worse if Edward wasn't there.He knocked me out of the way.

VOA: standard.other

He once said that if he wasn't the czar of all the Russians, what he would want to be would be an English admiral.

他曾经说过,如果他不是俄国人的沙皇,他会做个英国的海军上将

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And sometimes had them killed if he had to if he thought that's what he should do, because there wasn't any sort of challenge to his authority.

如果有必要,他甚至会杀掉那些碍事的议员,因为没有什么可以挑战他的权威

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

But if that broke, if that wasn't available to him, he could turn to his short sword, which was a thrusting sword, not like the Roman short sword which was double edged and slashing.

但是如果矛断了,他就不能使用矛了,那么他就得使用短剑了,这种短剑也是用来刺的,不像罗马士兵的双刃剑那样用砍的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选