要不是

I would fail my exams but that the classmates help me with my lesson.

要是同学们帮助我学习功课, 我考试及格。

But for being a little out at elbows, I should have bought this dress.

要是手头有些紧的话, 我早买下这件衣服。

I had been drowned but that the shore was shallow and shelvy.

要是岸边水浅和海岸成倾斜状我早淹死。

I can do the housework much more quickly when the children aren’t getting in my hair all the time.

要是孩子们老烦着我的话，我可以很快做完家务活。

Were it not for this voice, speaking so clearly in my conscience and my heart, I should be an atheist, or a pantheist, or a polytheist when I looked into the world.

要是从我的良心和内心有一个清楚的声音，么我在看世界的时候是一个无神沦者、泛神论者或者多神论者。