1. flung oneself into 投入

例句：When he rushed home form school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms.
一天，他從學校飛奔回家，投入媽媽的懷抱。

2. a succession of 一連串

例句：She sighed, knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks. He blurted out the tragedy, "A boy, a big boy … called me a freak."

她嘆息著，知道他的一生將有一連串的傷心。他說出了那件讓人心碎的事情：“一個男孩，大個子男孩，叫我怪物。”

3. might have been 本可以

例句：A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that.

他人緣很好，如果不是因為那個殘疾，他本可以做班長的。

4. developed a gift, a talent for 有···的天賦

例句：He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music.
他在文學和音樂方面很有天賦。

5. graft on 嫁接

例句："I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears, if they could be gotten."
“辦法是有的。如果能找到一雙合適的外耳，我可以幫他植入。”