The rope had twisted itself around the wheel, stopping the motor.

The mother was taken to court for kicking the children around.

那位母亲因虐待孩子被送交法院.

Bored youths hang around outside looking for trouble.

百无聊赖的年轻人在外面到处寻衅滋事.

There are thirty households in the village.

全村共三十户.

There is not the least element of truth in his account of what happened.

他对所发生的事情的叙述没有一点真实性.

There is no telling.

难说;不知道.

I have been there once.

我到过那儿一次.

There is no harm in trying it.

不妨一试.

They sought to set perpetual Zions there.

他们企图在那里建立永恒的乐园.

There was an insistent knock on my door.

我听到一阵急促的敲门声.

There the irrigation canal links up with the reservoir.

这条灌溉渠在那里与水库连接起来.

There is a flower show in the park.

公园里正在举行花卉展览.

There must be something wrong with my left arm, which is asleep.

我的左臂发麻,一定出什么问题了.

There isn't a limit to everything.

对每件事情没有什么限制.

There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.

学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题.

There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.

两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争.

We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up.

如果他不快些走,我们一定到不了那里.

Smoking is not allowed here.

此处不准吸烟.

This box of glasses has been bumped about all the way here and quite a few pieces are broken.

这箱玻璃杯一路上磕磕碰碰的,碎了不少.

I little dreamt of seeing you here.

想不到在这儿见到你.

This isn't the right word to use here.

这个词用在这里不合适.