Things don't fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept.
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vt. 连接，联结;使…有联系;为…接通电话;插入插座;
vi. 连接;建立关系;[体]成功击中;
💡 con共同+nect连结 → 连结
"Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap."
把水管接在龙头上,打开水龙头.
近义：interlink, join, link, attach, splice, tie
反义：sever, uncouple, unplug, break, decouple, detach
vi. 变为，成为;变得;变成;
vt. 适合，适宜;相称，相当;变成;发生;
💡 be(upon)+come→变为；成为(=to come upon）
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：turn, wax, get, go, grow, suit
反义：remain, keep, stay, get
v. 落下;跌倒;减少;沦陷;
n. 落下;瀑布;秋天;减少;
💡 所有的(all)的树叶落下(fall)来,秋天(fall)到了 网友：wangqidong 补充：(f)风把(all)所有的树叶吹下来，秋天(fall)到了
"Several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate."
有几个因素已被援引来说明出生率降低的原因。
近义：plonk, slump, decline, decrease, descend, diminish
反义：arise, ascend, peak, stand, tower, uprise
adv. 相隔，相距;分散地，分开地;成部分，成碎片;分辨;
adj. 分离的，隔离的;
💡 a(=to)+part(部分):去 分开
"The two houses stood 500 metres apart."
两座房子相距500米。
近义：aside, separately
vt. 拿住，握住;保留，保存;扣留，拘押;容纳;
vi. 拿住，握住;同意，赞成;保持不变;有效;
n. 握住;保留;控制;
💡 形码：h-old：老人（old）紧紧握住车上椅子（h）以保持平衡。
"The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer."
警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。
近义：seize, fasten, grab, argue, maintain, sustain
反义：unhand
adj. 薄的;瘦的;稀少的;细的;
vt. 使瘦;使淡;使稀疏;
vi. 变薄;变瘦;变淡;
adv. 稀疏地，微弱地;
💡 为伊消(think)得人憔悴(thin)
"a thin coating of chocolate"
薄薄一层巧克力
近义：rarefy, slenderize, slim, weaken, dilute, disperse
反义：bulk, concentrate, condense, curdle, jell, coagulate