sing a song. He sang a song at our request.
He sang a song by request.
request v. 请求,要求
request sb./sth.
request sb. to do
request that…(should) do
The works requested a rise in the salary.
make sense ①有道理,有意义,讲得通
②表述清楚,易于理解
This sentence doesn't make sense.
这个句子讲不通。
John’s letter doesn't make sense.
约翰的信写的不清不楚。
we read it through, but could not make sense of it.
This is the same pen as I lost.
这同我丢失的那支钢笔一样。
This is the same pen that I lost.
这就是我丢失的那支钢笔。
the same …… as 表示"与……同样的",不是同一个
the same …… that 表示"同一个",就是那个
我想你饿了吧。
I expect you are hungry.
Believe it or not. 信不信由你,我说的是真的
信不信由你,我们彼此20年没见面了。
Believe it or not ,we haven’t seen each other for 20 years.
Believe it or not, we were waiting in the rain for two hours