By the time Tom arrived at the store, the special sale was apparently already over.

在湯姆抵達那間店時，特賣會顯然已經結束了。

Alma soaked the dishes in the sink before she washed them.

阿爾瑪在洗盤子以前，把它們放在水槽內浸泡。

Many people like to eat fish and chips with vinegar.

許多人喜歡吃炸魚薯條時配醋。

Rather than make a long drive late in the evening, Dominic stayed with some friends overnight.

多米尼克沒有開長途夜車，而是整晚和幾個朋友待在一起。

The instructions for making the cake were so complicated that Carol decided to just buy one instead.

製作蛋糕的說明太複雜了，卡蘿決定就買一個來代替。

Some people associate wearing glasses with being intelligent.

有些人把戴眼鏡跟聰明聯想在一起。

The new law would supposedly reduce pollution, but critics had doubts about that claim.

這個新法據說會減少汙染，但批評者對此說法抱持懷疑。