① The brother lost his sister, the husband his wife, the mother her child.

② Pure science always relates to something to be known, applied science to something to be done.

③ The French excel in wit, the English in humour; the French have gayer fancy, the English richer imagination.

④ Some of the girls spoke French, and others Italian.

⑤ After rain comes sunshine; after winter, spring; after sorrow, joy.

⑥ He studied only occasionally and so of course his marks began to fall off, some to the verge of failure.

= He studied only occasionally and so of course his marks began to fall off, some (marks began to fall off) to the verge of failure.

⑦ To "read" a face is to guess at what might have been and what may still be. The noblest face reveals potential evil overcome, the vilest, potential good suppressed.

⑧ You know a war is very destructive. Crops may be trampled down, and houses burned, and things which

have taken years to build up may be destroyed.

⑨ New Year's Eve is possibly the busiest day of the year in Hong Kong. All debts must be repaid, all houses swept clean, and not a scrap of dirty linen can remain in any corner.

⑩ Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever.