There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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n. 阅读;宣读;读物;读数;
v. 读( read的现在分词);看懂;理解;显示，标明;
💡 read阅读+ing名词后缀 → 阅读
"He spent three years reading for a degree in history."
他花了三年时间攻读历史学的学位.
近义：lesson, perusal, read, recital, readout, result
n. 书;卷;课本;账簿;
vt.& vi. 预订;
vt. 登记;（向旅馆、饭店、戏院等）预约;立案（控告某人）;订立演出契约;
adj. 书的;账簿上的;得之（或来自）书本的;按照（或依据）书本的;
💡 簿(谐音): 书
"She seemed totally absorbed in her book."
她好像完全被这本书迷住了。
近义：prebook, preorder, reserve, textbook, tome, volume
vt. 享有，享受;欣赏;喜欢;使过得快活;
vi. 使过得快活;
💡 使(en)高兴(joy)- 喜欢 享受
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.
近义：love, like, live, possess, dig, have
反义：lack, undergo, bear, drag, endure, bore
vt. 自夸，自吹自擂;夸口说;以有…而自豪;自负有;
n. 夸口，自负;自负的事物，引以为傲的东西;自夸的话;扬言;
💡 褒死他（谐音）：褒死他- 吹牛 自夸 boas(boss老板)+t(他):老板他 吹牛 船上(boat)扭腰(S): 自夸 吹嘘
"I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages."
不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。
近义：pose, rhodomontade, rodomontade, showboat, splurge, strut
反义：meekness, bashfulness, unaffectedness, pudendum, decorum