Turn the key before you pump the pedal, or you'll flood the engine.
加水之前转动钥匙,要不发动机就给浇灭了。
She was promoted on the basis of her accomplishment.
她是依其成就得到晋升的。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.