Expect vt. <口>(料)想, 认为, 指望

Expect vt.要求

Alone adj.单独的, 独一无二的 adv.独自地

Anxious adj.担忧的, 渴望的, 盼望的

Fellow adj.同伴的, 同事的, 同道的

Learnt vt.记住

Line n.台词

Which actor read the letter in the end, the aristocrat or the gaoler?

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end, In many ways, this is

unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night

after night.

By?heart 熟记

on?end=continuously adv.连续的(位于具体的时间之后)

-- He sat there for hours on end.

-- We had hardly anything to eat for days on end.

on?end=upright adv.竖着

-- The cat‘s fur stood on end.

-- I got a big shock, so my hair stood on end. 我被吓了一跳, 以至于我毛骨悚然。

Who=actor 关系代词做主语, 不能省略

-- The student who was required to recite the poem 100 times is really poor.

One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.