1. In short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside.
    总之，他们是否弄得土地的主人和乡间的居民同他们反目。

2. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
    当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值班的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。

3. With this pace, I lived in low-grade terror — and I was only a part-time worker.
    生活在这种节奏下，我提心吊胆，好在我只是兼职。

4. When it really opens, probably in October, the 31-mile Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel, for short) will be 15 months behind schedule and $7 billion over a budget set in 1987.
    当隧道正式开放时(可能是在10月)，这条长31英里的英吉利海峡隧道（以下简称隧道）的开通将比预期推迟15个月，耗资将比1987年的预算多出70亿美元。

5. What qualities of the mind or spirit, in short, determine who succeeds?
    一句话，心智或精神的何种素质决定了人的成功？

6. The barber clipped Murray´s hair short.
    理发师把默里的头发剪短。

7. The Qin dynasty existed for a very short period.
    秦朝存在的时间很短。

8. The retired couple lived a life of ease.
    这对退休的夫妻过着安逸的生活。

9. The novel and short story are different genres.
    长篇小说和短篇故事是不同的类别.

10. The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age.
    作出这些刻记的游牧人，依靠狩猎和捕鱼生活在冰河时代的晚期.