No sooner had the monkey caught sight of him than it jumped up to his shoulders.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

No sooner had the monkey caught sight of him than it jumped up to his shoulders.

The excited horse stood on his hind legs and neighed.

He has no equal when it comes to pole vaulting.

As a pole jumper he is unrivaled [second to none].

He was too short to get at the grapes.

He squatted down at the roadside, whining that he couldn't walk any farther.

Nobody takes to his heels as quickly he does.

When the dog tried to bite me, I held him down by the neck and thoroughly scolded him.

When the dog tried to bite me I held him down by the neck and thoroughly scolded him.

The bird swooped down and caught a mouse in its talons.

He had an attack of polio, which has made walking difficult for him.

The picador on the horse speared the bull rakishly.

The ruffian brandished a knife, and kept his pursuers at bay.

Where's [What's happened to] the stamina he was always bragging about?

He wasn't tall enough to get at the ceiling.

he was short and stocky

I can't stand his prim and precise ways.

There's method in his madness.

She was too short to see over the fence.

He is short and is unattractive in appearance.

The marlin put up a long, hard fight before it was landed.

He is too short to get at the book on the shelf.

He is perfectly dressed from head to toe [foot].

I have a long way to go before I even approach his skill.

He has grown out of that jacket.

He is too short to get at the book on the shelf.

The cat clutched the mouse with its taloned paws.

The tarantula seized its victim very quickly.

He has been out of practice so long that his serving technique has lost its edge.

He's neither tall nor the contrary.