Not so great but that The material destruction of the war not so great but that it could by this time have been repaired, had a good peace been made without delay. I can tell, if a good peace had been made without delay, it could by this time have been repaired. But the first part of the sentence is confusing. Not so great but that.. it’s a sentence structure?

Translation It’s better for you that they should fail in obeying the greatest rule laid down by our savior than that you should. Should used here sounds weird. Should always means 应该 in Chinese. 这对你来说更好，与你应该不遵守最大法则相比，他们应该不遵守最大法则。 I hope anyone who know Chinese and English well can give me a hand. Thanks.

About the order of clauses As the World Cup final line up is confirmed with German once again facing Argentina on the ultimate stage and after five weeks of breathing actions, a journalist looks back what we have seen in Brazil 2014! Here: five weeks of breathing actions. Refer to matches(German to Argentina) or matches before the fina stage? The order here is weird to me.

The issue is now before Senate. The issue is now before Senate, while Trump might use first veto as president. Before Senate. It means the ball is in Senate’s court? Thanks!

attributive clause Capitalism was a vital form of economic organization by which society got out of rut in which the medieval stage of history has trapped it. Given two attributive clauses in this sentence, the first by which, second in which. Which1 refers to organization, which2 refers rut. So I say, .....out of rut in which the ....has trapped. But the original text has a ‘it’ in the end. Can anyone explain this for me. Thanks!

Help. There are very few people who would not like to do it. It means few people like to do it? Or don’t like to do it?

as as as More rich people are flying overseas for hunting trips, as the controversial Industry is booming in China. How does the term ‘as’ work here? Thanks.

abysmally Some countries are well run and others, abysmally so. The sentence says some countries and others are in the opposite condition in terms of their development. Is it right? My question is, abysmally means extremely. It makes no sense here. Thanks

for primary Japanese learning Where can i find japanese materials, such as textbooks for primary schools' students, native broadcast channels for kids, and non-adults tv dramas or cartoon? Thank you!