外甥

D ear friend, replied the uncle, my young nephew has a snug berth, a nice bit of money in hand, and plenty of bread to break, besides he has quite as many patches as I have. And as he spoke, he slapped the patches on his trousers, but in that district small pieces of land were called patches also.

"亲爱的朋友，"舅舅回答，"我那年轻的外甥有一个温暖的店铺，手里有亮晶晶的钱，有许多面包等着招待宾客，另外他和我一样有很多农田，"(他一边说着一边拍着他的裤子，在那个地区小块农田被称做补丁)。

It was her nephew in Albany, NY, calling to tell her that her sister had passed away earlier that morning.

是他住在纽约Albany的侄子/外甥打来的，告诉她她的姐姐在当天早些时候去世了。

MY NEPHEW JACKIE ASHKENAZI INFORMED ME THAT YOU HAVE REPLICA DESIGNER WATHES FOR $16 USD.

我那犹太人外甥杰克跟我说，你有仿制品的设计图，价格是16美元。

Today, I was babysitting my nephew.

今天我在家照看我的小外甥。

We will entirely remove from their bailiwicks, the relations of Gerard of Athee (so that in future they shall have no bailiwick in England); namely, Engelard of Cigogne, Peter, Guy, and Andrew of Chanceaux, Guy of Cigogne, Geoffrey of Martigny with his brothers, Philip Mark with his brothers and his nephew Geoffrey, and the whole brood of the same.

我们将革除阿西的热拉尔之亲戚的所有职务，从此以后，他们在英格兰不再担任任何职务；这些人包括：斯考尼的英吉拉尔，香乔的彼得、盖伊和安德鲁，斯考尼的盖伊，马蒂尼的杰弗里及其兄弟，腓力·马可和其兄弟及外甥杰弗里，以及这些人所有的追随者。

Customer: For my little nephew, he feels not good with his stool, it seems like water, and he always has bellyache.

顾客：给我的小外甥买，他最近的大便不太好，总是有些稀水似的，而且感觉肚子疼。

Her faded blue eyes, benignant and kindly,surveyed her nephew and her nephew's guests with gentle pleasure.

她那褪色的蓝眼睛，和蔼亲切又温柔愉悦地打量着外甥和外甥的客人们：目光首先望向雷蒙德，他自觉地表现得殷勤又温雅；接着是乔伊斯。

I'm deeply obliged,' says he.'Doc Waugh-hoo, this is my nephew, Mr. Biddle.

'非常感激。'他说，'沃胡大夫，这一位是我的外甥，比德尔先生。

He asserts that the promisee by refraining from the use of liquor and tobacco was not harmed but benefited; that that which he did was best for him to do independently of his uncle's promise, and insists that it follows that unless the promisor was benefited, the contract was without consideration.

PS：下次问问题记得把整段都发上来。这个案子的基本案情是，叔叔或者舅舅或者伯伯答应侄子或外甥如果他在21岁之前不喝酒不抽烟不赌博，则在他21岁的时候给他5000刀。侄子或外甥很听话。结果他满21岁的时候，他叔叔的遗产执行人（他叔叔。。。已经翘掉了）拒绝执行。认为这都是为他好。他不抽烟喝酒赌博是应该的。他叔叔的利益没有受好的影响。

On the flip side, it was a door opener," she says."I ordinarily wouldn't call and talk to my nephew specifically - I talk to his mom - but this gave me an invitation to call, ask for him and talk about what was going on at school.

相反的是，这也为她打开了另一扇门，她说，我一般不直接打电话给我的外甥--我只和他的母亲交流；通过虚拟联络我知道了外甥的问题，也给了和他交流的契机，给他打电话问他在学校发生了什么。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。