Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand ?- and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.
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adj. 活（着）的;现存的;在使用中的;逼真的;
n. 生计;生活方式;生存之道;
v. 活( live的现在分词);居住;以…为生;（按照规矩）管理生活;
💡 liv生活+ing名词后缀 → 生活，生计
"The prisoners were living in appalling conditions."
囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。
近义：livelihood, sustenance, live, quickened, surviving, alive
反义：inert, insentient, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, unfeeling
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
vt.& vi. 开始;着手;创始;创办;
vi. （从…）开始;起始;起初是;开始讲话;
"There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again."
人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。
近义：induct, initiate, launch, originate, spark, start
反义：realize, stop, terminate, accomplish, clinch, close
v. 想要;希望;打算;需要…在场;
n. 需要的东西;缺少;贫穷;
💡 因为want 所以want 东西
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义：intend, like, mean, seek, will, wish
反义：scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate, downplay
n. 永恒;[宗]来世，永生，永劫;万年;不朽;
"He waited for an eternity."
他无尽期地等待着.
近义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
sparkling
[['spɑ:kliŋ]]
a. 闪闪发光的, 闪烁的, 闪烁着才华的
近义：scintillation, twinkling, gleam, ingenuity, jauntiness, keenness
反义：somberness, sombreness, tarnish, colorlessness, drabness, matt