Everything that existed had to have a beginning. Oh, drat! She opened the two envelopes again.

已经存事物必然有个开端。哦！这个问题真是烦死人了！ 她再度拆开那两封信。

Oh drat! said the old gunner in his anger. That rascal must be covered with six-inch armor plate!

真怪！老炮手暴跳雷，说，这混蛋身上一定有一层六英寸厚铁甲！

“They were camped in a big dratty farmhouse room, ” I might write; it was another year or two before I discovered that drat and draft were different words.

“他们一间dratty（dratty这个词跟前面otiologist一样，也是作出来。它名词drat意为“诅咒，咒骂”）农舍里安顿下来。”直到又过了一两年之后我才发现，原来drat跟表示“通风”draft不是一个词。