This cottage is one of the few things that still connects me to the life that I lost the weekend that I met you.这个别墅是为数不多的几件与我遇到你那周末所失去的生活相连的东西之一。

connect to:连接, 相连

Can you connect to your network with PCs?

你能把PC机与你的网络相连吗?

My new house is not yet connected to the mains.

我的新房子还没接上水、 电、 煤气呢。

why I paid double the asking price--to make sure it came fully furnished.所以我才支付了两倍要价以确保家具齐全。

make sure:设法确保

I'll make sure of the time of the flight.

我要核实一下这班飞机的时间。

Make sure that the sign's the right way up.

一定要把符号的上下弄对。

in spite of what you stumbled on to between me and Conrad at the Southfork Inn,尽管你

揭露了我和康拉德在南方酒店的那档子事。

in spite of:不顾, 不管

In spite of the bad weather, we went fishing.

我们不顾恶劣的天气而去钓鱼。

In spite of my efforts the boy remained passive.

尽管我努力，那男孩还是不起劲。

stumble on:偶然遇到, 碰巧找到

She stumbled on his true identity.

她意外地发现了他的真实身份。