Examples

When placing a toll call you can ask the operator to tell you the length of time you talked and how much it cost.

打完长途电话，你可以向接线员询问，她会告诉你通话时间及资费。

There is silk and silk, it depends on how much you'd like to spend.

什么样的丝绸都有，就看你想花多少钱了。 → and

Everybody knows how good the work you did was and we all feel for you.

大家都知道你工作得有多出色，我们都很同情你。 → feel

Do write to me and let me know how you're doing.

一定要给我写信，好让我知道你过得怎么样。

She told how the attacker drew a knife and held it up to her throat.

她讲了袭击者是如何拔出刀子抵住她喉咙的。 → attacker

Let's wait and see how things play out → play out

These few grains of sand do not constitute a heap, and the addition of a single grain never makes what is not yet a heap into a heap: so no matter how many single grains one adds it never becomes a heap. → sorites

你去探一下这条小河的深浅，看能不能蹚水过去。

Go and find out how deep the stream is and whether we can wade across. → 深浅

教育孩子应以引导、说教为主, 怎么能拳棒相加呢？

Educating children should focus on guiding and enlightening, how can you beat them with fists and sticks? → 拳棒

他就这样东拼西凑，硬把学费交上了。

This is how he scrimped and saved, and managed to pay for the school fees. → 东拼西凑

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