6. 同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物，"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语，以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如"her old sharper of a father"，可译为："她那骗子般的父亲"。
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Those pigs of girls eat so much.
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8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)"
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The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.
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