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. 利用詞彙重複表示強調
A crime is a crime a crime.
5. “something(much)of”和“nothing(little)of”“something of”相當於“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前後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”後面的'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)beIt 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…”相等於，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等字後+”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.
14. ”no more …than…“句型A home without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.
15. ”not so much…as“和”not so much as …“結構，”not so much…as“=”not so much as …“，其中as有進可換用but rather，可譯為：”與其說是……毋須說是……“。而”not so much as“=”without(not)even，“可譯為”甚至……還沒有“。
The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it .
16. ”Nothing is more…than“和”Nothing is so …as“結構，”Nothing is more…than“和”Nothing is so …as“都具有最高階比較的意思，”Nothing I“可換用”no“，”nobody“，”nowhere“，”little“，”few“，”hardly“，”scarcely“等等，可譯為”沒有…… 比……更為“，”像……再沒有了“，”最……“等。
Nothing is more precious than time.
17. ”cannot…too…“結構，”cannot…too…“意為”It is impossible to overdo…“或者，即”無論怎樣……也不算過分“。”not“可換用”hardly“，”scarcely“等，”too“可換用”enough“，”sufficient“等You cannot be too careful.
