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The pilot informed the passengers that the plane was about to land.
I have to admit that I'm terrible at maths.
不能用'tell' 是不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语。
不能用'warn' 因为 'require' 是不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语。
不能用'inform' 是及物动词，需要接宾语(名词或代词)。
The bank robber threatened to start shooting unless his demands were met.
When the journalists asked about her new marriage, she insisted that she was very happy.
The police accused him of robbery. 告訴
He denied that he had been involved in any crimes.
I can recite this poem without looking at it. I know it by heart.
To know/learn something by heart 就是背誦的意思。
He's lived in this city all his life. He knows it like the back of his hand.
“瞭如指掌”。
She spent twenty years studying the history of London. She knows it inside out.
這個成語表示，對某事瞭解非常透徹。
I'm really not interested in politics. I know next to nothing about it.
'Next to nothing' means 'almost nothing' 漢語的意思就是幾乎一無所知。.
'Which is the longest river in the world?' 'I haven't the faintest idea.
這是固定的說法，例如： I don't have the faintest idea，意思是，我一點兒都不知道。
'Can you tell me where Portsmouth Road is?' 'Sorry, I haven't got a clue.
這個成語同 I don't have the faintest idea 是一樣的，都表示，我一點都不知道。