1. You imagined mysterious figures in the night, the crack of guns, clever disguises, secret exploits.”
    你想像的是在黑夜中出现的神秘人物，枪声，巧妙的化装，秘密的使命。"

2. Stop dawdling and hurry up: we´re late.
    别磨磨蹭蹭了, 快点儿吧: 咱们晚了.

3. Several people complained of ´cat-like noises´ at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
    有人抱怨说夜里听见"像猫一样的叫声"；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。

4. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on.
    她打算装扮成鬼的模样。头天晚上她已把化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。

5. She tried to explain the situation, saying ´It´s only me´, but it was too late.
    她说了声"是我，别怕！"然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。

6. So Mrs. Cox works steadily from the time she arrives at school in the morning until she leaves for home late in the afternoon, and her "free" period isn´t really free at all.
    实际上，科克斯夫人从早上一到校就不停地工作，一直到下午很晚离开学校为止，她的“空闲”时间实在一点也不空闲。

7. So it was settled; and as the fire was nearly out and it was getting late, they prepared to retire for the night.
    事情谈妥了，火也渐渐熄灭，而且夜已深，他们便准备就寝。

8. Some Bavarian people of southern Germany once had a "windowing" custom that took place when young women left their windows open at night so that young men could enter their bedrooms.
    德国南部的某些巴伐利亚人曾经有一种"爬窗"的风俗习惯，年轻女子晚上让窗户开着，这样小伙子就能进入她们卧室。

9. She looked at the clock again; it was late.
    她又看了看表；很晚了。

10. 8 a.m. the day of the move, the moving company calls to say they'll be an hour late.
    搬家那天上午八点，搬家公司来电话，说是要晚到一小时。