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Having been given...,可见Bottomley只是"给",未必是"发布".worth the bones of one British grenadier应该出自英文版本的下文:I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.

"这样意思就明白了（"我个人觉得：德国剩下这些城市加起来，也没一个英国投弹兵的生命来得珍贵。"）。Bones借代指life，但若直译"骨头，不是很符合汉语习惯。那么这句话你应该会翻了，我建议把Having been这个从句单独拆成一句，这样不显冗长。

Having been given...,可见Bottomley只是「给」,未必是「发布」.worth the bones of one British grenadier应该出自英文版本的下文:「I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.

这样意思就明白了（「我个人觉得：德国剩下这些城市加起来，也没一个英国投弹兵的生命来得珍贵。」）。Bones借代指life，但若直译「骨头」，不是很符合汉语习惯。那麼这句话你应该会翻了，我建议把Having been这个从句单独拆成一句，这样不显冗长。

Offer letter中还有一页,开头写的是Please ensure you personally contact Grace Wong, Human resources, upon your arrival to complete an induction and to sight your visa

我收到了澳大利亚寄过来的正式的offer letter，做visting research，有两个问题请教大家： 1、寄过来了一个offer letter的原件，一个复印件，我申请签证的时候是不是要把原件寄到大使馆申请？

Eat one's words不是"食言"（go back on one's word / break a promise）,是"认错;道歉"（to admit that they were wrong about something they said）.

另外还有一种情况叫false friend或false cognate，是指两种语言中形式相同或非常相似，但意义不同的词。

Sinistra,则是:A star on the right hand of the Serpent Bearer Ophiuchus the hand that is holding the tail of the serpent Serpens..

后半句是占星家Manilus对上升点落在蛇尾的解释含义，虽然这里说的不是上升，但从象征含义中可以发现它的本意与蛇性有关。

Wind up (i是发字母i本身的音,不是wind风那个音) If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even thought you did not originally intend to be.比如If he continues to spend money this way, he's going to wind up in bankruptcy. How did you ever wind up in this little town in the middle of nowhere?9. Someone is playing a shell game , Bruce. I'm just trying to find out who.

shell game原指一种大家都知道的游戏——藏豆赌博游戏：一种通常涉及赌博的游戏，一个人将一个小物体藏在三个坚果壳、杯子或茶杯中的一个里，然后当旁观者试图猜测物体的最终位置时，这个人在平坦表面上移动果壳、杯子或茶杯以变戏法也作thimblerig，后来可以泛指类似的骗局，不一定是藏豆子，本句里就在说Bruce搞的藏史高飞等人的游戏

Not worth one's salt:不称职 As a secretary,she is not worth her salt ;as a mother of three children,she is great.

她不是一个称职的秘书，但却是三个孩子的伟大母亲。

Although the house was built so （是不是少了什么,例如many） years ago, it is still standing in the city Conter.

虽然那间屋子是在很多年前建立的，可是它还是在Conter城市耸立着。

Two questions: My son will be 14 months, but always love to hand anything put his mouth to eat, this habit of the old is改不掉 whether calcium, zinc or iron to which trace elements, other aspects of growth and development are normal; another son was born, his right foot eversion palm Doctor said that it is because the fetus in the womb large caused by extrusion, or a full moon after the right foot, but now his right foot palm when learning to walk a bit outside the character, I do not know whether it is normal?

两个问题：宝宝将14个月了，但老是爱将手里的任何东西都放嘴里吃，这习惯老是改不掉（可以肯定不是饥饿造成的）是否缺钙、锌或铁何种微量元素，其它方面生长发育都正常；另宝宝因出生时，右脚掌外翻医生说是由于胎儿大在子宫里受挤压造成，满月后右脚也好了，但现在学走路时右脚掌有点外八字，不知是否正常？

The combination of the Explosive Grenade and Sheet Metal, the Frag Grenade/*不是Concussion Grenade么??*/ was created for the technologist who just needs that extra bit of assurance.

爆破手雷&和&薄金属板&的结合体，&震动手雷正是为那些连额外那么一丁点也要确保无误/*一点保证也不放过，极端谨小慎微*/的技术专家们制造的。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了