This cottage is one of the few things that still connects me to the life that I lost the weekend that I met you.這個別墅是為數不多的幾件與我遇到你那周末所失去的生活相連的東西之一。

connect to:連接, 相連

Can you connect to your network with PCs?

你能把PC機與你的網絡相連嗎?

My new house is not yet connected to the mains.

我的新房子還沒接上水、 電、 煤氣呢。

why I paid double the asking price--to make sure it came fully furnished.所以我才支付了兩倍要價以確保家具齊全。

make sure:設法確保

I'll make sure of the time of the flight.

我要核實一下這班飛機的時間。

Make sure that the sign's the right way up.

一定要把符號的上下弄對。

in spite of what you stumbled on to between me and Conrad at the Southfork Inn,盡管你

揭露了我和康拉德在南方酒店的那檔子事。

in spite of:不顧, 不管

In spite of the bad weather, we went fishing.

我們不顧惡劣的天氣而去釣魚。

In spite of my efforts the boy remained passive.

盡管我努力，那男孩還是不起勁。

stumble on:偶然遇到, 碰巧找到

She stumbled on his true identity.

她意外地發現了他的真實身份。