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. 利用詞匯重復表示強調
     A crime is a crime a crime.
     5. "something(much)of"和"nothing(little)of" "something of"相當于"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前后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"后面的那個名詞。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)be
     It 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…"相等于，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.