hither and thither七零八落

一句就把人物的傲气和阶级感全抖出来，比任何描写都生动。

I've no opinion of ...

对某类人或做法明确看不上时用；对上司或初次见面的人说会显得刻薄。

I've no time for companions. ／ I don't think much of that sort.

口语

housekeeper 重读，feckless bodies 两词带轻蔑语气。

I've no opinion of people who quit halfway. 半途就撂挑子的人，我可看不上。

倒装的老式说法把「无数次」说得有分量，自带年代感。

Many's the time (that) ...

回忆并强调自己反复做过某事时用，书面或讲故事都行；口语聊天里显得文绉绉。

There were many times I stopped her. ／ Time and again I kept her from foolish things.

literary

Many's the time 连成一串，prevented 重读。

Many's the time I talked him out of quitting. 有多少回，都是我劝他别辞职。

一句遗嘱交代把动机摆上台面，温柔的说法里藏着杀机。

He was to have ... as she had no ...

转述别人的交代或安排时用，常见于新闻和法律陈述；日常闲聊这么说会太正式。

She told him everything would go to him. ／ The money was to be his, she said.

中性

was to have 轻快，meant to her 稍作停顿。

The house was to go to her nephew, she told us, as she had no children. 她跟我们说，房子留给她侄子，因为她没有孩子。

一句话把案发现场钉在眼前，短句加“翻得七零八落”的旧说法，画面感极强。

And there she was, ... . And everything ...

叙述亲眼看到的场景时用，尤其想制造停顿和冲击；写正式报告或安慰家属时不要用这种冷峻说法。

And there he was, gone. ／ And everything was thrown about.

literary

there she was 轻快，dead 后停顿，tossed hither and thither 一词一顿。

And there it was, wrecked. And everything scattered across the road. 车就那样，撞毁了。东西散了一地。