The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
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n. 麻煩;煩惱;故障;動亂;
vi. 費心;煩惱;
vt. 麻煩;使煩惱;折磨;
?? turb = stir”表示”攪動”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我們在撬樹根時遇到了很多麻煩.
近義：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
pron. 你自己;（用以加強語氣）親自;你的正常或健康的情況;
?? your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗個澡放松一下。
近義：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
vi. 成功;繼承;
vt. 繼承，繼任，繼位;隨…之后;
?? suc在…下面+ceed走→從下走到上面→成功
"I'm determined to succeed."
我決心要獲得成功。
近義：prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer
反義：miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle, flop
adv. 常常;經常;時常;再三;
?? 十(ten)有八九的(of)， 經常的
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義：manyfold, oft, oftentimes, repeatedly, usually, offtimes
反義：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes