grandmother

In her memoirs Naomi is quick to acknowledge that her grandmother was centrally important in her venture as a writer.

娜奥米在她的回忆录里开篇就承认，在她尝试创作的过程中，她的祖母起了非常重要的作用。

I was sometimes dumped with my grandmother or left with highly unsuitable au pairs.

有时我被扔给奶奶照看，或者被交给毫无经验的临时保姆。

She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.

令人疑惑的是，她看上去就像一位面熟的邻家阿姨或是祖母。

My grandmother has accomplished the age of 97 years of her life.

我祖母已达97岁高龄.

Your grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored, grouchy and lonely.

你奶奶既无聊又孤独，总是没完没了地发牢骚。

My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女佣人.

Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.

祖母坐在火炉旁打瞌睡.

Grandmother often nods off during the afternoon.

祖母下午常常打瞌睡.

I've been driving a car for thirty years, so don't teach your grandmother to such eggs.

不要在我面前卖弄,我已经开了30年车了.

The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.

报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。

My grandmother died of grief soon after her husband's death.

祖父去世不久,祖母就因悲伤过度而死了.

He often runs errands for his grandmother.

他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。

My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.

我祖母有一些象牙首饰.

She'll soon be a grandmother.

她快抱孙子了.

You can't be so bad. It's to make your grandmother turn in her grave.

你不能如此坏, 那会让你的祖母死不瞑目.

Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy.

她奶奶有逗人开心的本事。

He is always telling the director how to run the business; that's like teaching one's grandmother how to suck eggs.

他经常告诉主任如何经营, 这岂不是班门弄斧吗?

Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep.

她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。

The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected.

她今天不来，这让她奶奶感到孤独，觉得受了冷落。

He was brought up by his grandmother.

他是由他奶奶带大的.

Move over and let your grandmother sit down.

挪开些,让你外婆坐下来.

My father often speaks of my grandmother.

我爸爸常常提起我的祖母.

Her grandmother is still alive.

她的祖母仍然健在.

It was raining. The little girl helped her grandmother forward difficultly.

下雨了, 那个小女孩扶着她的祖母艰难地走着.

She helped take care of her aged grandmother.

她帮助照料年迈的祖母.

I inherited this ring from my grandmother.

我从祖母那里继承了这个戒指.

His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.

他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事.