他一时半刻还回不来。

He won't be back for a little while yet.

因为这个年轻的夫人还没有完全把衣服穿好，因此布鲁克斯太太知道，苔丝一时半刻不会下楼。

As the young lady was not fully dressed Mrs Brooks knew that she would not emerge again for some time.

忽然，眼睛一亮，既然妈妈又开始煲电话粥了，一时半刻也指望不了她来开门，“老爸，看见那边那个回珑球了吗？

Suddenly, I had an idea. Since my mother would not hang up the phone in a while, then I said to my father, "Father, did you see the solo tennis racket over there?"