Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.
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adv. 有时，间或;时而;
💡 sometime某一时间的+s表副词 →有时
"Even friends disagree sometimes."
即便是朋友有时也有分歧。
近义：occasionally, oft, once, rarely, betweentimes, betweenwhiles
反义：invariably, periodically, repeatedly, steadily, usually, consistently
vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别;
n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉（tell）我，他哥哥很高（tall）
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义：hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil
adj. 较少的（little的比较级）;较小的;较次的，较劣的;较不重要的;
adv. 较少地，较小地;
prep. 减去;少掉;不足;
n. 较少，较小;
"We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society."
我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
近义：least, lesser, minus
frightening
['fraɪtnɪŋ]
adj. 令人恐惧的;引起突然惊恐的;吓人;
"After the quietness of home and school, university had been almost frightening."
过惯了家庭和中学的平静生活之后, 大学简直有些可怕了.
近义：horrible, horrifying, intimidating, menacing, awesome, awful
反义：innocuous, offenceless, safe, unoffending, benign, harmless
n. 孤独，寂寞;
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义：isolation, lonelihood, loneness, solitariness, solitude, abandonment
vt. 感觉;认为;触摸;试探;
vt.& vi. 感觉，觉得;认为，以为;触摸;
n. 感觉;触摸;感受;触觉;
vi. 觉得;摸索;
"I feel all achy."
我感到浑身疼痛。
近义：notice, perceive, sense, be, touch, hold