A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.
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adj. 簡單的;單純的;易受騙的;天真的;
n. 笨蛋;愚蠢的行為;出身低微者;
?? sim(one by one)+ple(fold)→簡單的；樸素的；單純的
"her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed"
她那僅有一張窄床的簡陋臥室
近義：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile
反義：arduous, intricate, labored, laborious, onerous, painful
n. 愉快;娛樂;令人高興的事;
vt. 使高興;使滿意;
vi. 覺得高興，享受;尋歡作樂;
?? pleas=please令人高興的+ure名詞后綴，表行為、狀態 →愉快
"His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age."
他的孫子和孫女們在晚年的時候給了他最大的歡樂.
近義：please, delectate, delight, enchant, gladden, joy
反義：indifference, irritant, nonchalance, nuisance, tiff, unpleasantness
n. 早餐，早飯;早餐食物;
vi. 吃早餐;
vt. 供給…早餐;
?? break中斷 + fast齋戒 → 中斷齋戒進食 → 早飯
"Do you do bed and breakfast?"
你們提供住宿加早餐的服務嗎？
近義：bkfst., brekkers
adj. 單獨的;獨一無二的;獨自的;
adv. 單獨地;獨自地;孤獨地;只，只有;
?? al(all)+one→單獨的(地)(=quite by oneself)
"She was alarmed at the prospect of travelling alone."
她一想到獨自旅行的情景就害怕。
近義：isolated, lone, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary
反義：joint
adj. 已婚的;與…結為夫妻的;婚姻的;
n. <非正>已婚的年輕人;
v. （使）結婚( marry的過去式);娶;嫁;緊密結合的;
?? marri=marry結婚+ed已...的→已婚的
"They married after a short courtship."
他們戀愛不久便結婚了。
近義：wedded, marital, conjugal, connubial
反義：spouseless, unmarried, unwed, bachelor, nonmarried, celibate
n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke