You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief, But rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.

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grief [ɡrif] 詞頻2 詞根: gri
n. 悲傷;悲痛;悲傷的事;
?? grie 重+f → 心情沉重 → 悲傷
"Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement."
幾個行人在結冰的人行道上滑倒了.
近義:anxiety, heartache, heartbreak, heartsickness, melancholy, misery 反義:hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
girdle ['g?dl] 詞頻3
n. (支持四肢的)帶;腰帶;環形物;婦女緊身褡; vt. 圍繞,包圍;
?? gird束縛+le表示做某種動作時所使用的東西 →帶,腰帶
"carefully tended lawns set in a girdle of trees"
樹木環繞、精心修整的草坪
近義:middle, waist, waistline, beltline, hug, tighten
free [fri] 詞頻1
adj. 自由的;免費的;免稅的;空閑的; adv. 免費地;自由地,無拘束地;一帆風順地; vt. 免除;釋放;使自由;解救;
"I have given him a free hand in the matter."
我讓他在這件事情上放手干.
近義:liberate, loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise 反義:immure, apprehend, incarcerate, jail, arrest, mew
indeed [?n'did] 詞頻1
adv. 的確,確實,實在;實際上,真正地;真的,真是;甚至;
?? 在行為(deed)事實里(in)即 確實
"The actual demands set out in the document are small beer indeed."
文件中陳述的實際要求確實是無關緊要的.
近義:assuredly, absolutely, really, verily, certainly, yea 反義:likely, maybe, perchance, perhaps, plausibly, possibly
care [k??] 詞頻1 詞根: 關心
v. 關心;擔心;照顧;喜愛; n. 照顧;小心;憂慮;
?? 鐮刀(c)是(are)要好好 照料的
"an ambulatory care service"
流動護理服務
近義:nursing, mind, worry, heedfulness, precaution, prevention
want [wɑnt] 詞頻1
v. 想要;希望;打算;需要…在場; n. 需要的東西;缺少;貧窮;
?? 因為want 所以want 東西
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些證據以后才提出控告。
近義:intend, like, mean, seek, will, wish 反義:scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay

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