The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying.

这个问题虽然简单，却显然令人不安，他坐了下来，然后才回答。

Now... - Sit down before you hurt yourself.

就现在… - 在你伤到自己之前坐下。

She sat down before the fire to wait for the little dog.

她坐在火炉前等小狗。

Mrs. Cratchit. Well, never mind, so long as you have come. Sit down before the fire, my dear, and get warm.

没关系，你来了就好。坐在火炉前吧，亲爱的，烤暖和点。

I too sat down before the fire and gazed at the coals, and nothing was said for a long time.

我也在火堆前坐下，凝视着煤矿，很久没有说什么了。

In fact, right as we were sitting down, before the mics were rolling, he waved me closer — like, c'mere, c'mere.

事实上，就在我们坐下来、麦克风响起之前，他向我挥手示意我靠近——就像是，来吧，来吧。

Had we the secret of that mirror, we would gladly sit down before it, and transfer its revelations to our page.

如果我们知道那面镜子的秘密，我们会很高兴地坐在它面前，并将它的启示转移到我们的页面上。

" I have not sat down before Quebec, but an earthen work, that is defended by twenty-three hundred gallant men, " was the laconic reply.

“我没有在魁北克之前坐下来，而是一个由 2300 名英勇的人捍卫的泥土工程，”是简洁的回答。

" I do not like patchwork, " said Anne dolefully, hunting out her workbasket and sitting down before a little heap of red and white diamonds with a sigh.

“我不喜欢拼凑而成，”安妮悲伤地说，找出她的工作篮，在一小堆红白相间的钻石前坐下，叹了口气。

To sit down before you go out and sketch something on a map and think I'm going to run a marathon today, but in the shape of a polar bear or something.

在出门前先坐下来，在地图上勾画出某个图像，想着我今天要去跑马拉松，但是要跑出北极熊之类的形状。

It was night. They had scarcely sat down before Julien, availing himself of his old privilege, dared to bring his lips near his pretty neighbour's arm, and to take her hand.

那是晚上。他们刚坐下，于连就利用他以前的特权，敢把嘴唇凑到他漂亮邻居的胳膊上，握住她的手。

Ernemont came out, distributed some cakes among them and then went back to the room which served as a drawing-room and parlor in one, sat down before a writing-desk and began to arrange her papers and account-books.

埃尔内蒙特走了出来，给他们分发了一些蛋糕，然后回到兼作客厅和客厅的房间，在一张写字台前坐下，开始整理她的文件和账簿。

Then he sat down before a looking-glass and began carefully arranging his thick black hair, turning his head to right and to left with a dignified countenance, his tongue pressed into his cheek, never taking his eyes off his parting.

然后他在一面镜子前坐下，开始仔细梳理自己浓密的黑发，左右扭头，神情凝重，舌头抵在脸颊上，眼睛一刻不停地离开。