Ellie lost no opportunity of showing off her knowledge, and Frau Becker, red in the face with anger, would ask what use it was to a farmer's wife.

埃莉不放过任何机会来炫耀自己的知识，而贝克尔夫人则气得满脸通红，会问这对一个农夫的妻子有什么用。

She lost no opportunity to cuff the little girl, or even inflict minor tortures upon her, such as pinching, or, as she had twice done, searing the tender flesh with hot coals.

她不放过任何机会给小女孩戴上手铐， 甚至对她施加轻微的折磨， 比如捏她，或者像她做过两次那样， 用热炭灼伤她柔软的肉体。

And not forgetting that one of his listener's was a man of the people, he lost no opportunity in trying to show that he too was a Russian through and through, and steeped in the very root of the national life!

并且不要忘记他的一位听众是人民的人，他不失时机地试图表明他也是彻头彻尾的俄罗斯人，并且深深植根于民族生活！