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Exercise Forty-One 1. Our enemies watch their time and _______________. 2. Mr. Jack walked out on his wife and _______________. 3. Mrs. Beck ________________since she was collapsed. 4. He has no money，so he _______________. 5. The runner ________________for mens 100-meter dash at games because he was found to have taken stimulants. 1. try in vain to stage a comeback 解析：watch their time表示伺机而动、等待时机。watch在这里含贬义。妄图本身具有很强的感情色彩，它包括这样两层意思：第一，试图做某事;第二，这种尝试是徒劳的。因此，在翻译时一定要注意译文的准确性。译文中的in vain意思即为徒劳的，无效的。东山再起也是一个惯用表达，英语可以说stage a comeback，stage作动词，表示筹备、策划;comeback是一个复合词，表示恢复、复原。 2. left home with his children 解析：本句是一个并列复合句，由and连接。前半句谓语动词是walked，后半句谓语动词是离开，而带着他的孩子作为伴随状语说明离开了家的状态，可以用with+名词或bringing+名词的结构。本句还有一个难点是固定短语walk out on sb.的用法，意思是抛弃某人、离开某人，如：You want to walk out on me when I badly need you. | 
