things like that 那些事情
things like 表示“像那樣的事情”。something like that 表示“那種事情”,nothing like that ( this ) 表示“不是那樣的”,或者“沒有那種東西”,即“最好的”。
例句:
Peter, you can't ask people things like that.
彼得,你不能問他人那種問題。
I knew something like this was going to happen.
我就知道會(huì)發(fā)生這種事情。
There is nothing like that! It's the best!
沒有什么比那好了!那是最好的!
Oh, it's nothing like that.
哦,我不是那個(gè)意思。
對話:
A: I don't want to live with my parents.
我不想和父母住在一起。
B: You shouldn't say things like that.
你可不能說那種話。