Weevil

象───as;甲───nail

A distant relative is not as good as a near neighbour.───远亲不如近邻.

As we turned the corner , we came upon a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.───我们转过屋角时碰到一群人等着店开门.

You're as tall as your father.───你和你父亲一样高。

The realisation that the murderer must have been a close friend came as a shock.───意识到杀人凶手一定是个密友,大家都很震惊.

I felt as pleased as anything.───我感到无比高兴。

Dick thinks of himself as a genius in literature.───迪克自以为是个文学天才.

He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.───他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖.

We are not such fools as to believe him.───我们不是那样的蠢人,竟会相信他.

Jack is as good as his master.

Take the world as one finds it.

I'll get back as quick as I can.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.