a gem of wit

The captain executed the flare perfectly, and we lightly touched down.

They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.

Not all of Yün-nan is beautiful. Much of it is just roughly churned rock, much is flat and drab. But it has room for many pictures as well; Yün-nan is vast, China's third province in size, its area almost one fourth more than Great Britain's.