•If only she'd been called 'Camilla' or 'Flavia' instead of the prosaic 'Jane'.要是她叫“卡蜜拉”或“弗拉维亚”而不是叫“珍”这个平常的名字该多好。

•He asked if I'd got my black eye in a fight - I told him the prosaic truth that I'd banged my head on a door.他问我眼睛是不是在打架时被打瘀青的——我告诉他事情很简单，是头撞到门弄的。