It's time we hired a secretary to answer the phones.
我們早就該請一個秘書接聽電話了。
I eat dinner at about 7 o'clock.
我在大約7點鐘吃晚飯。
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.