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.