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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

英语简洁的一个优点是可以将同一个单词用作名词和动词。

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My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit.

我早期的创伤之一是英语学校体系。这不仅仅是纪律问题，这是男孩们获得所谓学校精神的方式。

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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

宏伟与美丽是如此的对立，以至于你常常在增加美与减少美的同时，也在减少美。多样性与后者最为相似，简单性与前者最为相似。

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My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes me with a beady eye.

我岳母一句英语也不会说。我不讲塔吉克语。于是，我讨好地对她笑了笑，她用锐利的眼睛盯着我。

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The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。

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I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

我看见天上的荣耀发光，信心也发光。

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