and that is what happened. gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew--a bowlful of water.
次日早晨基甸起来,见果然是这样。将羊毛挤一挤,从羊毛中拧出满盆的露水来。
it is a country where the thrills and spills read like index entries from a modern-day odyssey and where life is both as moreish, and occasionally as hard to swallow, as a bowlful of durian purée.
the bell was ringing. he came into the classroom with his books, the attendance book and a box of chalk. going to the platform, he saw the bowlful of gruel on his desk.