We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
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vt. 破壞，摧毀;消滅，殲滅（敵人）;殺死;使失敗;
?? de壞+stroy=struct建造 → 毀壞，破壞
"It is proverbially easier to destroy than to construct."
誰都知道破壞容易建設難.
近義：shatter, impair, kill, mar, obliterate, rack
反義：mend, refit, repair, service, tinker
v. 伸展;延伸;持續;包括;
n. 伸展;彈性;一片;一段時間;
adj. 可伸縮的;彈性的;
?? stretch(draw tight)→伸張；拉緊；夸張；伸展；寬闊的空間
"Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road."
觀察敏銳的步行者可能在這一路段看到赤鹿。
近義：protract, strain, tauten, elongate, hype, magnify
反義：narrow, retrench, shorten, compress, constrict, constringe
adv. 有時，間或;時而;
?? sometime某一時間的+s表副詞 →有時
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有時也有分歧。
近義：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反義：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
n. 親戚關系;
adj. 同宗的; 同源的;類似的; 相似的;
"He claims kindred with royalty."
他聲稱跟王室有親戚關系.
近義：kinship, likeness, parentage, resemblance, resemblancekinship, sameness
adj. 小的;瑣碎的;嬌小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多，略微;少許，一點;短時間地;
n. （表示否定）微少;沒有多少;短時間;
det. （數量上）微少的，少到幾乎沒有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的裝腔作勢令她不快。
近義：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反義：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
vt. （使）破;打破（紀錄）;（常指好天氣）突變;開始;
vi. （嗓音）突變;突破;破曉;（價格）突然下跌;
n. 破裂;中間休息;間斷;短假;
?? 把一塊bread(面包)從中間break(折斷) 面包(bread)殼(k)被 打破
"the break-up of their marriage"
他們婚姻的破裂
近義：debilitate, bankrupt, rupture, sever, shatter, smash
反義：mend, patch, refit, refurbish, rehabilitate, remodel