1. Mr. Fotheringay suddenly decided to consult Mr. Maydig，…

　　佛泽林盖突然决定找梅迪格先生一下 ……

　　consult： 向 …… 请教，，查阅（字典）；与 …… 商量

　　You should consult with Mary about it. 你该和玛丽商量那件事。

　　2.What I want to know is whether what I am going to do with it is a miracle or not.

　　我想知道的是，我把它（烟草缸）变来变去这到底算不算奇迹。

　　do with ： 处置，对付

　　I don't know what to do with these used books. 我不知道如何处置这些用过的旧书。

　　do with 与 can 连用 ： 忍受 ， 满意

　　I can't do with children’s cry. 我无法忍受孩子的哭。

　　3.…and presently he ventured to lean over the table and smell the violets.

　　接着它装着胆子伏过身去，闻了闻桌子上紫罗兰。

　　venture to do ： 大胆去做，冒昧去做，（正式）鼓起勇气去做

　　Very few people venture to go out at night in a snow storm.

　　很少有人敢在暴风雪晚上出去。

　　He decided to venture all his money on the scheme.

　　他决定冒险把他所有的钱都投到那个项目里去。

　　He ventured his life to rescue the drowning woman.

　　他冒着生命危险去救那个快淹死的妇女

　　4.Just told it—and there you are .

　　只要给个命令就行了。

　　I just said what I wanted to happen and this is t he result

　　There you are ： 在解释或演示某件事时，用来表示事情很简单。

　　You just put the food in it， switch on and press the button and there you are.

　　你只要把食物放进去，接上电源，按一下开关，这就行了。

　　5.…I knew no more that I could do things like that than you did. 我跟你一样，也不知道我还能作这样的事。

　　I knew that I could do such things as little as you did./ I was as ignorant of my miraculous powers as you were.

　　no more…than/not…any more than 与 …… 一样（不） ……

　　I know no more about the British history than a ten-year old schoolboy.

　　关于英国历史，我的知识和一个 10 岁的孩子一样不多。

　　He is no more fit to be a minister than a pupil of grade two in a primary school.

　　他就如一个小学二年级的学生

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