For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
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n. 死亡;（某种）死法，死亡方式;病危;死神;
💡 dead(死)+th(表示抽象名词的后缀)→死的
"a verdict of accidental death"
意外死亡的裁决
近义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
反义：inception, nascence, nascency, onset, origin, rising
vi. 持续;逗留;维持原状;
vt. 延期;使延伸;使持续;继续说;
💡 con全部+tinu握住+e→全部拿住→做事做到尾→继续
"The President was given a blank check by Congress to continue the war."
国会授予总统全权可继续这场战争。
近义：insist, keep, persevere, persist, proceed, prosecute
反义：quit, stop, leave, desist, cut, finish
n. 电话;听筒;（发声或使用声音的）工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话（给某人）;
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话，电话机；耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
n. 头发，毛发;（动、植物的）毛;一丝丝，些微;毛发织物;
💡 h(身体最高处)+air(空气): 头发
"It is naughty of you to pull your baby sister's hair."
你拉你小妹妹的头发真是顽皮.
近义：tresses, bob, hairs
反义：pate
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加;
vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始;
vt.& vi. （使）留长，蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义：proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase
反义：shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken
vt.& vi. 逐渐变细，变尖;逐渐减弱;
n. 细蜡烛;灯芯;锥形物;
"Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much."
和别的树不同，它不是越往上越细。
近义：hone, point, sharpen, strap, strop, whet
反义：dull