and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.

还有一次，她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋，能用脚步识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。

who is which depending on whether the customer's account is in credit or is overdrawn.

究竟谁是债务人谁是债权人，要看储户的账户是有结余还是透支。

Some years ago an American psychiatrist named William Dement published experiments dealing with the recording of eye-movements during sleep.

前些年，美国一位精神病学者发表了一篇报告，报告中记录了眼球在睡眠时的活动情况。

then at the height of his military success in the Thirty Years' War,had dictated her measurements and armament.

正处在"三十年战争"的军事鼎盛阶段，他亲自规定了这艘船的规模和武器配备。

No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children,

人们没有必要离家谋生，所以不会产生孩子无人管的问题，

He is also, incidentally, an unforgivable bore.

顺便说一句，他也是个不可饶恕的令人厌烦的人。