a thing

• But however am i to pay for such a thing as this ?
  可是这么一件东西叫我怎样付款呢？
• I do not get it ; why would she do a thing like that ?
  我不明白她为什么要做那种事。
• I should never have dreamt of saying such a thing .
  我无论如何也不会说出这样的话来。
• The art of writing letters seems to be a thing of the past .
  讲求写信的技巧似已过时。
• He never moved a thing without replacing it exactly .
  他挪动过的东西总是要放还原地的。
• I cannot conceive of such a thing as genoa in ruins .
  我想象不出热那亚变成废墟的事情。
• A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston .
  一样东西如果含有燃素，它就能燃烧。
• When a thing has been used , it is no longer new .
  当一件东西被用过后，就不再是新的了。
• I can not believe he would do a thing like that on his own .
  我不相信他会主动干那种事。
• When a thing is wrong something's bound to happen .
  一件事出了差错就势必引起不良的后果。