要不是

If I didn't know you any better, I'd assume that you were seeking comfort from another woman, she said teasingly.

要不是我最了解你，我会想当然地认为你去和另外一个女人寻欢了，她揶揄地说。

If I weren't so fat, I'd have made you a good wife, she teasingly told Patriarch Bartholomew who, as an Orthodox bishop, is celibate.

我要不是这么胖的话，就要做你的好妻子。海森夫人故意揶揄巴塞罗缪主教——这位东正教主教还是单身。

No,no,don't say it was thoughtless!Say it was the beginning of a

要不是你燃起了我的希望，我是不会求婚的。

If he didn't have a bum ticker, I'd put him in his place.

要不是他心脏不好，我一定给他点颜色。

Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus,when I heard a mythical housewife say to another,"Molly,my dear,I would have bought that new brand of toilet soap if only they hadn't set the body copy in ten point Garamond."

有一次我坐在第一大道的巴士上层，听到一位主妇和另外一位主妇说道：「我亲爱的茉莉啊，要不是他们放十级的Garamond字形在这个广告上，我早就买了这个新的香皂。

ART 艺术 Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus,when I heard a mythical housewife say to another,Molly,my dear,I would have bought that new brand of toilet soap if only they hadn't set the body copy in ten point Garamond.

有一次我坐在第一大道的巴士上层，听到一位主妇和另外一位主妇说道：「我亲爱的茉莉啊，要不是他们放十级的Garamond字形在这个广告上，我早就买了这个新的香皂。

"Will shoot as ever if the soldier has strength enough to touch off his piece".

但是火枪兵仍然能照常发射，只要不是连按板机的力气都没有的话

When returned onto the tree, the smaller sparrow mocked:You have nothing to brag about now.

一下子飞下去，冲着屠夫的手就咬了一口，屠夫手一疼便把大麻雀放了，大麻雀拼命飞上树来，小麻雀说："这下不吹牛了吧，要不是我救你，你早活不成了。"

In pain, the butcher released the bigger sparrow. When returned onto the tree, the smaller sparrow mocked:"You have nothing to brag about now. You would be dead had I not come to rescue you."

一下子飞下去，冲着屠夫的手就咬了一口，屠夫手一疼便把大麻雀放了，大麻雀拼命飞上树来，小麻雀说："这下不吹牛了吧，要不是我救你，你早活不成了。"

I cannot be sure, but it seems to cast a perceptible shadow, suggesting that if I ran my finger down that strip of the wall it would, at a certain point, mount and descend a small tumulus, a smooth tumulus like those barrows on the South Downs which are, they say, either tombs or camps.

我不敢肯定，不过它似乎投下一点淡淡的影子，使我觉得如果我用手指顺着墙壁摸过去，在某一点上会摸着一个起伏的小小的古冢，一个平滑的古冢，就像南部丘陵草原地带的那些古冢，据说，它们要不是坟墓，就是宿营地。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。