dressed in a smart black suit-----形容词短语表示一种状态
Eg: He got to work dressed in a beautiful coat.
He left home wearing a smart black suit.
Changed into: 换上
Before returning home==Before he returned home
在before 引导的时间状语从句中,return 的逻辑主语和主句的主语he是保持一致的,所以这个时间状语是由介词before和动名词搭配而成,相当于before 引导的时间状语从句。
如果运用动名词形式,动名词的逻辑主语必须是主句的主语。
After getting home, he had a good rest.
Before having dinner, he finished all his homework.
She never will = she will never discover the secret
在省略句式中, never要放在助动词之前。
‘Will you go to see her?’
‘ I will never go to see her.’ / ‘No, I never will.’
half as much as (he used to): 是 … 的一半
half (a quarter, twice, three times ) as …as…表示倍数
I won’t marry a man who is twice as old as me.
We got three times as many people as we exected.
This room is about three times as large as that one.
…as (形容词或副词原形)as… 是 …几倍
比 …多几倍:…times (形容词或副词比较级)
This road is four times longer than that one. => This road is five times as long as that one.