The first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context in a sentence, and the third lets us articulate the word by speaking.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

We are, in other words, attempting to grasp it in a sentence that might read something like, "What the author means to say is--" Right?

换言之，我们在尝试着在这样一句话中掌握它，作者想说的是--，是吧？

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It's used in a sentence to say that you don't want something

它可以用来表达你不想要的一些东西。

I don't care课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Thaksin Shinawatra went into exile in Cambodia to avoid a prison sentence for corruption.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

Every sentence is a predication, and if every sentence is a predication, it also has the structure of a metaphor; and the metaphor in a sentence and the predication in a sentence are always going to be at odds.

每句话都是一句声明，而如果每句话都是一句声明得话，它同样也有隐喻的结构，而一个句子中的隐喻,和句子中的声明总会有分歧。

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The former prime minster is wanted in Thailand after fleeing a year ago to avoid a two-year jail sentence for corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

So, for instance, one example is there's no language in the world that ever constructs a question by switching the order of words around in a sentence.

举例来说,世界上并没有语言能够通过,改变句子中词的顺序,来构成疑问句

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"I am satisfied that a sentence of 15 years imprisonment is an appropriate sentence in the present matter."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

And it's used in a sentence to explain things that you want.

它也可以用来解释那些你想要的东西。

I like课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He was given a 40-year sentence in 1992, which was later reduced to 30 years on appeal and further reduced to 17 years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

And now in a sentence, what does this one actually do?

现在在句子中可以看出，这行代码做了什么？

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The managers of Union Carbide, who have been granted bail, were originally charged with culpable homicide, which could have resulted in a harsher sentence.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

But in a sentence, it may not always mean that.

但是在句子中，并不永远是这样的情况。

I can't 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"It is the death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

So you will use "it depends on" in a sentence when you're not sure of something is going to happen.

当你不确定某件事是否会发生时，你就可以使用“It depends on”句型。

It depends on 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In a two-sentence letter Monday, North Korea said it had ordered the release on an "emergency" basis because water levels behind the dam had risen too high.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

I'm glad is a pattern that you want to use in a sentence to describe when you're feeling happy.

当你感觉高兴的时候，你可以用“I'm glad”句型来形容你的感受。

I'm glad 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi, who shot to fame after flinging his shoes at former President George Bush during a press conference last December in Baghdad, ended with a relatively light three-year sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The thing is" is the pattern that we use in a sentence to stop people on their tracks.

当你想阻止某人在他们设想的路上走下去的时候，可以使用“The thing is”句型。

The thing is 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

When to use "the" in a sentence, when not to use "the", when to use "an" instead of "a" or "a" instead of "the".

在一个句子中，什么时候用“the”，什么时候不用“the”，什么时候用“an”代替“a”，什么时候用“a”代替“the”。

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She was ordered to remain under house arrest for another one and a half years - a sentence that human rights groups and foreign governments say was aimed at preventing her from participating in next year's elections.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Let me“ is a good pattern to use in a sentence when you're asking for permission.

当你在请求允许时，“Let me”句型是一个非常有用的句型。

Let me 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And the high court is going to look at it and it is very strange in that for the first time in Iranian judiciary that they are having the high court session just (a) few weeks after the sentence was issued.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

I used to" is a pattern that you use in a sentence.

I used to” 是个很常用的句型。

I used to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The scandalous, seditious and libelous books that need to be brought to justice in this remarkable sentence are suddenly revealed to have a soul.

有诽谤性的煽动性的中伤性的需要被审判的书,在这句话里突然被透露出是有灵魂的。

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Let's say a little more about that time and place already indicated in the sentence, "I went down to the Piraeus."

我们再深入一些来看,已在，“我南降皮里亚斯“句中,指明的时地“

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This may be the most memorable sentence in modern poetry: "a terrible beauty is born".

这是现代诗歌里,最令人难忘的句子了：,一种惊人之美诞生了。

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So the flaw in the argument that Chris and Ryan had -- it isn't a bad argument, it's a good starting point but the flaw in the argument, the mistake in the argument was the first sentence in the argument.

所以克里斯和瑞恩的说法的漏洞在于,这并不是一个错误的说法,这是一个很好的出发点,但其中存在漏洞,其中的漏洞在于第一句话

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I will try to finish every lecture on time, but sometimes if I'm in the middle of a sentence or the middle of a derivation, I may have to go over by a couple of minutes; there's no need to shuffle your feet and move stuff around.

我会尽量准时下课的,但是有时候如果我正在讲解一个概念,或者正在推导一个公式,我会稍微多讲几分钟,你们不用来回蹭脚,收拾东西什么的

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