I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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n. 內容;（書等的）目錄;滿足;容量;
?? con全部+tent握住→全部拿住→內容，容量；滿足的
"He seemed more content, less bitter."
他看起來比較滿意，不那么失望。
近義：volume, contents, pleased, satisfied, chuffed, contented
反義：pain, roil, undeceive, vex, disillusionize, disillusionise
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
vt. 拿，取;采取;接受（禮物等）;耗費（時間等）;
vi. 拿;獲得;
n. 鏡頭;看法;收入額;場景;
"Students will normally take three A2 subjects."
學生通常要選三門A2證書考試科目。
近義：apprehend, keep, nab, receive, seize, snatch
反義：transfer, cede, give, reject, snub, spurn
n. 位;地方;職位;座位;
vt. 放置;獲名次;投資;評價;
vi. 得名次;名列前茅;[美國英語][賽馬]得第二名;準確把…推到預定地點;
"The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve."
晚會將在除夕那天舉行.
近義：lay, locate, marshal, park, posit, position
反義：move, rob, take, budge, tumble, discharge
n. 角落，角;拐角;困境;[商]囤積;
vi. 駕車轉彎;聚于角落;
vt. 壟斷;逼入困境;
adj. 位于角落的;
?? 玉米(corn)讓兒子(er)在 街角看守
"at the corner of the street"
在街角
近義：turn, turning, bend, curve, nail, siege
反義：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate