1.I know you’re chafing at the bit, so we’ll start as soon as we can.

1.我知道你们急不可待，我们会尽快。

2.The players were champing at the bit as the start of the match was delayed.

2.比时间推迟了，选手们急切地等待着。

3.When did the empire begin to wane?

3.那个帝国何时衰落?

4.He prefaced his speech with an amusing story.

4.他用一则有趣故事了他演说。

5.He is about to embark on a new business venture.

5.他就要新商业冒险活动。

6.The baby’s head was starting to emerge from the womb.

6.婴儿头从亲子宮中露出来。

7.Ex-colonial countries began to challenge the cultural dominance of Europe.

7.摆脫了殖民统治国家挑战欧洲文化统治。

8.Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.

8.似不具形体喜悦刚迅疾征。

9.Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.

9.把鳞茎种到地里，否则会干枯。

10.A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.

10.相距两国了一种亲睦邦交。

11.We’ll go slowly to begin with.

11.我们时候先慢慢来。

12.Under interrogation, he refused to say anything at first.

12.一审问时候，他什么也不说。

13.A point is inceptive of a line.

13.点是线。

14.He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game.

14.他在比后五分钟里得了十分。

15.The government began to recruit new battalions.

15.政府征集新部队。

16.People are beginning to question the old dogmas.

16.人们质疑旧信条。

17.She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins.

17.她讲本市起源。

18.The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax.

18.当大家放松时候, 这一男一女就交往了。

19.A poor wedding is a prolog to misery.

19.不幸婚姻是痛苦。

20.He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.

20.他张嘴进行刻薄反击。