The Bad Beginning

Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Не самый близкий родственник генеалогически, но ближайший географически

For children who read so much, you two a remarkably unintelligent

Count Olaf had taken out a bottle of wine to pour himself some breakfast.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books you can solve any problem

if you read enough books you could solve any problem

Очки на носу придавали ему очень умный вид. Но он и вправду был умный мальчик.

"I think the weasel died," Violet replied, "but I'm not sure. I have to look up some of the words."

Books about law are notorious to be very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heap of money. The money is an incentive - the word "incentive" here means "the offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do" - to read long, dull and difficult books.

Adoption is an enormous decision and not likely to happen impulsively. I'm sure you, in your life, have occasionally wished to be raised by different people than the ones who a raising you, but new in you heart that the chances of this were very slim.