1． It作先行主語和先行賓語的一些句型 She had said what it was necessary to say.

2． 強調句型 It is not who rules us that is important, but how he rules us.

3． "All+抽象名詞"或"抽象名詞+itself"（very+形容詞）He was all gentleness to her.

4． 利用詞匯重復表示強調 A crime is a crime a crime.

5． "something（much）of"和"nothing（little）of" "something of"相當于"to some extent"，表示程度。在疑問句或條件從句中，則為"anything of "，可譯為"有點"，"略微等。""譯為毫無"，"全無"。"much of"譯為"大有"，"not much of"可譯為"算不上"，"稱不上"，"little of"可譯為"幾乎無"。something like譯為"有點像，略似。
They say that he had no university education, but he seems to be something of a scholar.

6． 同格名詞修飾是指of前后的兩個名詞都指同一個人或物，"of"以及它前面的名詞構一個形容詞短語，以修飾"of"后面的那個名詞。如"her old sharper of a father"，可譯為："她那騙子般的父親"。Those pigs of girls eat so much.

7． as…as…can（may）be It is as plain as plain can be.

8． "It is in（with）…as in（with）" It is in life as in a journey.

9． "as good as…"相等于，就像，幾乎如；實際上，其實，實在。
The merchant as good as promised the orphan boy, that he would adopt him.

10．"many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many as well…as"可譯為"與其……，不如……，更好"，"以這樣做……為宜"，"如同……，也可以……"等等。"might as well …as"表示不可能的事，可譯為"猶如……"，"可與……一樣荒.唐"，"與其那樣不如這樣的好"等等。
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.