We haven't heard from him for weeks but we're still hoping for a letter.
我们已经有几个星期没有他的消息,但仍然盼望着他的来信。
What's your favourite pastime?
你喜爱的消遣是什么?
The men of our family waded down through our flooded meadows with boathooks, in the hope of being able to grapple a corner of the raft and pull it out of the current towards our bank.