After a short while he started directing films himself.
不久，他開始自己導演電影。
高二英語課文
Unit 5 Charlie Chaplin
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 短的，短暫的;矮的;短缺的;短期的;
adv. 突然;唐突地;簡短地;橫貫地;
n. 短褲;短路;缺乏;
vt. 故意少給…的零頭，騙取;
vi. 短路;
?? 削頭”（諧音）削了頭人還能不 矮嗎？ 網友：雙木成林 補充：縮的（諧音），這樣就成短的；矮的
"The short story is a difficult art form to master."
短篇小說是一種很難掌握的藝術形式。
近義：abridgment, abbreviation, little, minute, small, squat
反義：lengthened, lengthy, imprudent, intrepid, manful, mettlesome
pron. （反身代詞）他自己;（用以加強語氣）他親自，他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義：herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself