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等等
, and so on
, that kind of thing 注意不加and
, that sort of thing 注意不加and
等+类别
, and other
, and other sort of
, and other kind of
I like pizza, spaghetti, fish and chips, fries, and other fast food.
Stores, schools, hospitals, and other kinds of facilities are all near[……]
different adj.
Different people like different food. 用了两个different，不好看。
People like different food. 其实两个different是累赘的，删掉第一个即可。这大概是中国的语言习惯问题，喜欢加形容词。[……]
Children love stories. As evidence/As proof, they fall asleep while listening to music.
请问as proof, as evidence在此处用法正确吗？
中国人把as翻译为“作为”，采用翻译的方法，“作为证据，孩子喜欢边听故事边入睡”看起来没什么问题。
从语法角度，这里as后面跟noun (phrase)，修饰整个句子。The part of speech of as is connective or preposition.
Oxford English Dictionary有[……]
单数：作主语时，动词用单数形式。冠词用a或the。
复数：作主语时，动词用复数形式。冠词用the或无。
可数：可以加s变复数。然后依照单数、复数规则。
不可数：不可以加s变复数。作主语时，动词用单数形式。冠词用the或无。除非：PEU 120.4, PEU 131
pace [单，不可数]
a pace 不行
the pace 行
pace 行
paces 不行[……]
PEU 92
to do不定式可以做补语。
My ambition was to retire at thirty.
该句式可以用preparatory it，即
It was my ambition to retire at thirty.
该句式类似于 To be or not to be, that is the question。
art
1. [U] 艺术
2. the arts 统称的艺术
3. [C,常复] 人文科学，文科
4. [C] 技能；技术；技巧
因为quote里用的是arts，且没有the，应该取“技能；技术；技巧”之意。可能与[……]
gold is purified in fire.
（引申义）An impassioned sermon about how citizens had to fight the devil every minute of their lives to keep from being fried in fire. 一场慷慨激昂的布道，讲述公民如何在生命的每一分钟都与魔鬼作斗争，以免被火烧死。
on fire：起火，并形成火灾。也常见于短语中。
in a fire：在一场火灾中
File log is visible when you invoke file search (ctrl-f for me), then choose Panel: File log.
For me, the log records operations as old as one year ago, which exposes too much privacy.
Go to Preference -> File Operation -> Log. I believe “Log file functions, at most” can be 500 events or les[……]