Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
— Henry Van Dyke
· Talent
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vt. 擁有;掌握，懂得;主宰;纏住，迷住;
?? sed, sid, sess, sult 表”坐”#詞根助記：pos(=port向著)+sess=向有……的地方坐著 = 持有,擁有
"She pretends to various abilities she doesn't, in fact, possess."
她自稱有種種她事實上并不具有的才能.
近義：hold, own, enjoy, have, obsess, spellbind
vt. 把…除外;不計;
prep. 除…外;
conj. [口語]要不是;除非;除…以外;
vi. 反對，表示異議（與 to 或 against連用）;
?? ex出+cept拿，抓，握住→拿出 → 除外
"I received nothing except what was due to me."
除了我應得的東西,我并未接受任何東西.
近義：omit, preclude, void, blackball, exclude, barring
反義：realize, accommodate, consider
adj. 沉默的，無言的;寂靜的，無聲的;靜止的;[語]不發音的;
n. 無聲電影;
?? si(死)+lent(借):別人找你借書時裝死相- 沉默的
"The " e " in " time " is a silent letter."
time中的e不發音.
近義：mum, mute, muted, noiseless, quiet, reserved
adj. 最好的( good和well的最高級);最愉快的;最幸福的;最合適的;
adv. 最好地;最出色地;最高標準地;
n. 佼佼者;（個人的）最高水平;最重要的優越性;最好的東西，最合乎要求的事物;
vt. [口]打敗，勝過;
"He is arguably the best actor of his generation."
按理他是他那一代中最優秀的演員。
近義：master, outgo, outmatch, outrange, outrank, outstrip
反義：badder, baddest, worse
woods
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n. 森林;木( wood的名詞復數 );（保齡球戲的）木瓶;樹林;木頭球棒（舊時通常有木制頂部的高爾夫球棒）;
"The woods are remnants of a huge forest which once covered the whole area."
這片樹林只是剩下的一部分，原來這一帶是一大片森林。
近義：woodland, forest, grove, woodwinds
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"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?"
— Benjamin Franklin