He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
— Sydney Smith
· Silence
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n. 交談，會話;交往，交際;會談;（人與計算機的）人機對話;
?? con共同+vers轉變+ation表名詞 → 使大家共同轉變態度的會談 → 會話，非正式會談
"I had a long conversation with her the other day."
前幾天我與她作了一次長談。
近義：natter, speech, talk, talking, discussion, chat
adv. 完美地;理想地;完全地;無瑕疵地;
?? per全部+fect做+ ly ...地 → perfect全部做完=完美的+ly...地 → 完美地
"The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said."
證人們個個對自己所說的話十分肯定.
近義：ideally, optimally, pretty, quite, very, completely
反義：lamely, defectively, faultily
adj. 偶爾的，不經常的;特殊場合的;臨時的;
"He works for us on an occasional basis."
他在我們這里做臨時工。
近義：inadvertent, incidental, isolated, random, sometime, sporadic
反義：predictable
n. 沉默，無言，無表示，無聲，沉靜，肅靜，寂靜，緘默;無音信，失去聯系，忘卻，湮沒，無表示，無音訊;[樂]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虛構的;保證成功的;
v. 使(make的過去式和過去分詞);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事講得一清二楚。
近義：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
adj. 令人非常高興的，討人喜歡的;令人愉快的;宜人;
"A delightful guide was my guardian angel for the first week of the tour."
令人愉快的導游是我第一周旅行的守護神。
近義：appetizing, lovable, lovely, luscious, palatable, pleasurable
反義：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly