wan
adj
(-nner, -nnest) (of a person, his appearance, etc) pale and looking ill or tired; pallid(指人、 面色等)苍白憔悴的, 倦怠的, 带病容的
a wan smile, ie a slight one from sb who is ill or tired or unhappy 勉强的微笑(因病或倦怠或不悦)
(fig 比喻) the wan light of a winter's morning 冬日黯淡的晨光.
Then I'll water them to stop the soil getting too dry.
然后,我还要给它们浇水,以免土壤变得太干燥。
In that case, you wouldn't have a pan on fire. You'd have a house on fire!
如果是那样的话,你就不仅仅是使一个油锅起火,而是把整座房子点着了。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.