In human relations a little language goes farther than a little of almost anything else. Whereas one language now often makes a wall, two can make a gate.
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n. 人，人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
n. 语言，语言文字;表达能力;言语，语风，文风，文体;专门用语，术语;
💡 langu语言+age表示状态、情况及其他 → 语言，语言课程
"theories of child language acquisition"
幼儿语言习得的理论
近义：idiom, speech, tongue, dialect, linguistic, philologic
adv. 几乎，差不多;将近;快要;近乎;
💡 al(all)+most→差不多；几乎(=nearly)
"I like almost all of them."
我差不多所有的都喜欢。
近义：about, approximately, insufficiently, around, loosely, nearly
反义：liberally, off, outright, abundantly, plethorically, plumb
n. 墙;屏障;隔阂;壁垒;
vt.& vi. 筑墙围住，用墙隔开;围以墙;
adj. 墙壁的;
💡 vall- 墙,壁垒;桩线
"new offices with wall-to-wall carpeting"
房内铺满地毯的新办公室
近义：hem, rail, rampart, surround, fence, parament
反义：level, overthrow, ravage, raze, shipwreck, strip
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多，略微;少许，一点;短时间地;
n. （表示否定）微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. （数量上）微少的，少到几乎没有的;（a little）少量的，一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义：minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义：large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
adv. 更远地;较远地;在更大程度上;进一步;
adj. 更远的;远的( far的比较级);遥远的;（某方向的）最远的;
"I can throw the ball farther than you can."
这个球我能比你扔得远.
近义：later, subsequent, ulterior, uttermost, farthermost, farthest
反义：hither, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, neighbouring