Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.
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n. [化]汞，水银;[天]水星;温度表;精神，元气;
💡 魔球里（谐音）：魔球里装满了 水银 欢乐的(merry)铜(cu)正在变成 水银
"The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury."
我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银.
近义：quicksilver, tain, hg
adj. 困难的;硬的;有力的;努力的;
adv. 努力地;猛力地;严重地;沉重地;
n. 英〉硬海滩，登陆处;
"She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。
近义：strongly, rigidly, stiffly, resistant, resistive, steely
反义：malleable, mellow, mild, attenuated, softened, squashy
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
vt.& vi. （使）落下;投下;（使）降低;减少;
vt. 放弃;停止;（故意）降下;垂下（眼睛）;
n. 滴;空投;降落;少量;
vi. （水或其他液体）滴;结束;（因受伤或死等）倒下;退出;
"to drop anchor"
抛锚
近义：tumble, loose, lower, reduce, slump, decline
反义：heave, heft, hoist, jack, lift, raise
adv. 也许;可能;大概;
n. 不确定性;
"Maybe he'll come, maybe he won't."
他可能来，也可能不来。
近义：uncertainty, perchance, perhaps, possibly, probably, haply
反义：indeed, indubitably, inevitably, infallibly, assuredly, absolutely
n. 勇气;胆量;魄力;肝胆;
💡 靠(c)我们的(our)年龄(age)鼓起 勇气
"courage in the face of adversity"
面对逆境的勇气
近义：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
反义：intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness