She gets in a flap over the slightest thing.
极小的事也能令她不安。
I can't see a blessed thing without my glasses.
我不戴眼镜根本看不清什么东西。
You wouldn't know what it means—it's a girl thing.
你不会知道那是什么意思，那是女孩子家的事。
This is the best thing you've ever done – I am so happy for you!
这是你做过的最好的事–我真为你高兴！
It'll cost a lot—well, take a lot of time, but it amounts to the same thing.
会花很多—哦，得花大量时间，不过反正都是一回事。
We didn't want the press to get hold of the story, but it might be no bad thing.
我们本不想让新闻界知道这事，但是知道了也许并非是坏事。
"What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?"—"Some kind of statue, I guess."
“喷泉中间那个东西是什么？”—“我想是雕像之类的吧。”
It was one thing to talk about leaving; it was another to physically walk out the door.
说要离开是一回事；真正走出门又是另一回事。
Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing.
有时候一点点的自私，如果能引发更多自知之明，也并非坏事。
The peculiar thing about getting engaged is that you're meant to announce it to everyone.
订婚特别要做的事是你理应该向每个人宣布你订婚了。
You were the one that brought up the idea of blackmail. I'd never be a party to such a thing.
你是那个提出敲诈主意的人。我从来没想过参与这种事。
There is one thing I would like to know – What is it about Tim that you find so irresistible?
有一件事我想知道–蒂姆到底有什么让你觉得那么不可抗拒？
When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.
当你忙碌了一整天后，你最不愿意做的事就是花好几个钟头在灼热的火炉边辛苦地劳作。
The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing.
有一样东西他没有，就是儿子。我觉得他有个外孙感觉也不错。
After three weeks, they gradually reduced their sleep to about eight hours. But another interesting thing happened.
3周后，他们把睡眠时间逐渐缩短到8小时。但是另一件有趣的事发生了。
She has told us that when she goes back to stay with her family, they make her pay rent. We could not believe such a thing.
她告诉过我们，当她回去和家人一起住时，他们让她付租金。我们不能相信这样的事。
Jane had been wondering that selfsame thing.
简也一直在为同一件事纳闷。
Ignore what he said—it doesn't mean a thing.
别理睬他说的话，他那都是瞎说。
Writing letters seems to be a thing of the past.
写信好像已是昔日的事情了。
They urged her to do the honourable thing and resign.
他们力劝她辞职以保全名节。
For one thing, he didn't trust his legs to hold him up.
首先，他不相信自己的腿能站起来。
He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.
除了一口沙拉，他什么都没吃。
Genes determine the characteristics of every living thing.
基因决定每个生物的特征。
Some of them couldn't eat a thing. One couldn't even drink.
他们中有些人一点东西都不能吃，有一人甚至连水都不能喝。
The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland.
唯一让我愤懑的是她有关爱尔兰的那些言论。
Betty had learned a thing or two about down-home cooking from her mother.
贝蒂从她妈妈身上学到了简单的乡村式烹饪。
He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was.
他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
The only thing I wanted was to rise up from the table and leave this house.
我惟一想做的是从餐桌旁站起身来，离开这所房子。
Now that everyone knew the truth, the only thing to do was to brazen it out.
既然大家都知道真相了，只好硬着头皮撑过去。
I thought it would reflect badly on me so I tried to hush the whole thing up.
我想此事会给我的公众形象造成很坏的影响，于是我想方设法不把它声张出去。
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