1.distinguish...from... 将…与…区分开
Only doubt can distinguish prophets from maniacs.
唯有怀疑才能区分先知与疯子。
2.in the position of 处在…位置上
Dealers do this when they sense you're undecided, but they want to be in the position of control.
经销商们感到你犹豫不决时就会这样做,不过他们是想占据支配地位。
3.quite a lot of 非常多,相当多
He'd done quite a lot of properties locally and seemed to be working out where our story fitted in.
他通过做这些获得了许多的财产,并且看起来似乎在这之前就有过相同的经验。