Don't speak ill of the dead.
對死去的人，別說他的短處。
We had come to a dead end in our research.
我們的研究工作已陷入絕境。
She's dead set on getting this new job.
她打定主意要得到這個新工作。
400 people a year die of this disease on average.
平均每年有400人死于這種疾病。
Five people died in a house fire last night.
有五人死于昨夜的住宅火災。
Her parents died while she was still at school.
她還在讀書時父母就去世了。