1. be getting on in years 渐渐老了，上年纪
原文：When you are getting on in years(but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape.
造句1：My grandfather is getting on in years, but he is still sprightly and has a clear mind.
造句2：When our parents are getting on in years, we should take more care of them.
2. 否定副词 rarely 放在句首，主谓倒装
(1) Rarely did he read more than a page of it before sleep came swiftly and peacefully, more like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world.
(2) 正常语序：He rarely read(/red/) more than a page of it...
(3) 造句：Rarely would we say like this in Chinese.
3. die a really natural death
die 除了有死亡的意思，还可以表示以...方式、状态死亡（后面可以接名词短语、形容词）。
例如：
He died rich/happy/young/unmarried
He died a poor man/a painful death.
die a hero （光荣牺牲），这个表达更简洁，不用说“He was a hero when he died."
4. take up
(1) 原文：Take up a firm attitudefrom the beginning, that's the secret of it.
(2) 解释和造句
① 采取：I should take up a positive attitude from the beginning.
② 接受：I'd like to get up at six every day to take up a challenge in the morning reading group.
5. the scowl he assumed to cover his inward nervousness
assume 除了有假定、认为的意思，还可以表示表现出（某种表情），装出（某种样子）。
造句：My brother assumed a look of indifference but I knew he loved the present I bought for him.
6. That's the most fatal complaint of all.
complaint 除了表示抱怨之外还可以表示疾病（尤其指不严重的疾病）可以搭配：
a chest/heart/stomach complaint
common/mild/minor complaint
suffer from/ have a complaint
7. There's nothing the matter with him. (wrong)
8. You are full young.
full 在这里做副词，意思是 very/extremely，例如 I'm full well。
full 作副词还可以表示 entirely，straightly/directly。
9. I gather that discipline was not always your strong point at Melbury.
gather 在这里可以用 suppose/guess/assume 来替换。
10. The waves of humor and sadness swept over him very often.
sweep 在这里的意思是（感受）突然袭来
造句：Having been working continuously for 8 hours, a wave of tiredness swept over me.
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