The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment.
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n. 麻烦;烦恼;故障;动乱;
vi. 费心;烦恼;
vt. 麻烦;使烦恼;折磨;
💡 turb = stir”表示”搅动”
"We had a lot of trouble levering the roots out."
我们在撬树根时遇到了很多麻烦.
近义：inconvenience, irk, irritate, molest, nag, offend
adv. 一次，一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次，一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里，就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义：heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
n. 瞬间，片刻;时刻;重要，紧要;[物]力矩;
💡 mom(move)+ent(名词后缀)→瞬间；片刻；重要
"The moment the clown appeared on stage, the audience folded up."
小丑一出现在舞台上, 观众们个个笑得前俯后仰.
近义：instant, tick, time, while, bit, flash
反义：immortality, perdurability, perenniality, perpetuity, deathlessness, afterlife
n. 小说，虚构的文学作品;虚构的或想像出的事，并非完全真实的事;编造，虚构;
💡 非可信”(谐音)： 虚构的东西不可信 fict-fact:事实与 虚构不同 虚构(fiction)摩擦(friction)生碎片(fraction)
"a devotee of science fiction"
科幻小说的狂热爱好者
近义：invention, chimaera, chimera, fable, hallucination, novelistic
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adj. 继续的，延续的;
v. 继续，连续( continue的过去式和过去分词 );持续;逗留;停留;
"She continued to assert that she was innocent."
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
近义：prolonged, continual
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