Serial storage

serial ['siəriəl;'siriəl]

adj. 连续的;连载的;顺序排列的;分期偿付的; n. 连载小说;电视连续剧;定期刊物;[军]行军梯队;

storage ['stɔrɪdʒ]

n. 贮存;贮藏;储藏处，仓库;贮存器，蓄电（瓶）;

stor=store保存+age行为 → 贮存，保管

That'll be thirty-six dollars, sir.

先生，车费是36元。

When the cat's away the mice will play.

猫儿不在，老鼠造反。

Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.

10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。