1. We cannot legally conclude a peace treaty with Japan.

我们不能与日本达成具有法律意义的和平条约。

2. They are nothing if not ambitious.

如果他们毫无志向就一无是处。

3. He is nothing if not a trouble-shooter.

他只是个纠纷调解人。

4. Darkness released them from the last restraint.

黑暗让他们摆脱最后的一层束缚。

5. He really knew a thing or two.

他真的略知一二。

6. We can not ignore our neighbors, only at our peril, can we ignore their distress.

我们不能忽视我们的邻国，只有我们在危难之中的时候才能忽视他们的痛苦。

7. It is already four years since he was secretary general of the U.N.

他做联合国秘书长已经四年了。

8. It is already many years since the Second World War.

自第二次世界大战已经好多年了。

9. What he says can be taken as coming from horse’s mouth.

他所说的话可以算是第一手信息。

10.The British Prime Minister said, “The policies of western countries are like ducks in a row.”

英国国务卿说“西方国家的政策都是一致的。”