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英语习惯用法（English Idioms） High school English Usage Summary [key] a. It s the first time that......... (the present perfect tense is used in the clause) It, was, for, the, first, time, that......... (emphasis sentences, emphasis on adverbials, for, the, time, first) It s (high) time that...... (used in the past or should do) 2. It,, s, the, same, with, sb. / So, it, is, with, sb. means that someone is the same (used in the previous sentence that has both affirmative and negative or two different predicates) 3... Be, about, to, do / be, doing...... When...... Im going to do it...... Just then...... . 4 A is twice / three times as + +as B C. A, is, twice / three, times, the, N., of, B. A is twice / three times + + +than B 5., It, s, a, waste, of, time / money, doing / to, do... It s no use / good doing......... It s possible / probable / (UN) likely that......... . It, makes, great / no, sense, to, do...... There is no point in doing sth. 6., There, s, no, use / good, doing...... . There s no sense / point (in) doing...... There, is, no, need, for, sth. / to, do...... . There is (no) possibility that............ (that) 7.The+ comparatives...... ... the+ comparison......... Yue...... The more........ . Note: the first half is the clause, and the present one replaces the future; 8. It seems / appears (to sb.) that sb...... In sbs eyes, sb......... - Sb. seems / appears to be / to do / to be doing / to have done...... . It seems / looks as if......... Seem / seem...... . 9.It (so) happened that sb...... Happen to sb...... . = Sb., happened, to, be / to, do / to, be, doing / to, have, done... . 10.It, is, said / thought / believed / hoped / supposed...... .that sb......... =Sb., is, said, to, be / to, do / to, be, doing / to, have, done......... (Note: in this sentence pattern, such as verb hope, it cannot become a simple sentence, because there is no hope, sb., to, do structure.) 12...... .such...... .that...... So...... That leads to the adverbial clause of the result ....