1. It作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型

　　She had said what it was necessary to say.

　　2. 強調句型

　　It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.

　　3. "All+抽象名詞"或"抽象名詞+itself"(very+形容詞)

　　He was all gentleness to her.

　　4. 利用詞匯重復表示強調

　　A crime is a crime a crime.

　　5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of"

　　"something of"相當于"to some extent"，表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中，則為"anything of"，可譯為"有點"，"略微等。""譯為毫無"，"全無"。"much of"譯為"大有"，"not much of"可譯為"算不上"，"稱不上"，"little of"可譯為"幾乎無"。something like譯為"有點像，略似。"

　　They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.

　　6. 同格名詞修飾是指of前后的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物，"of"以及它前面的名詞構一個形容詞短語，以修飾"of"后面的那個名詞。如"her old sharper of a father"，可譯為："她那騙子般的父親"。

　　Those pigs of girls eat so much.

　　7. as…as…can(may)be

　　It is as plain as plain can be.

　　8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)"

　　It is in life as in a journey.

　　9. "as good as…"相等于，就像，幾乎如;實際上，其實，實在。

　　The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

　　10."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many

　　as well…as"可譯為"與其……，不如……，更好"，"以這樣做……為宜"，"如同……，也可以……"等等。"might as well…as"表示不可能的事，可譯為"猶如……"，"可與……一樣荒唐"，"與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。

　　One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.

　　11."to make…of"的譯法(使……成為……，把……當作)

　　I will make a scientist of my son.

　　12. oo…+不定式"，not(never)too…+不定式"，"too…not+不定式

　　She is too angry to speak.

　　13. only(not, all, but, never) too …to do so 和"too ready (apt) + to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義，凡是"not"，"all""but等字后+"too…to，"不定式都失去了否定意義，在"too ready(apt) +to do"結構中，不定式也沒有否定意義。

　　You know but too yell to hold your tongue.