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if satan ever loses his hair, there'll be hell ¹.

-- ²

ugliness, n. a gift of the gods to certain women, ³ ⁴ without ⁵.

-- ambrose bierce, the devil's dictionary, 1911

you never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot ⁶ and a bald spot.

-- elayne boosler

if people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.

-- beau brummel

people only see what they are prepared to see.

-- ralph waldo emerson

airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

-- al ⁸, u.s. ⁹ president

to the ⁷, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fairest in creation.

-- latin proverb

if i were two-faced, would i be wearing this one?

-- abraham lincoln

a weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

-- james lowell

there is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another to the world.

-- antonio machado

there is nothing like returning to a place that ¹⁰ unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

-- nelson mandela, a long walk to freedom

in every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the ¹¹ of beauty.

-- christopher morley

the ¹² you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. it works in reverse, too. when i see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, i know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person.

-- p. j. o'rourke

you'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap.

-- dolly parton

i base my fashion sense on what doesn't ¹³.

-- gilda radner

less and grayer hair.

-- cal ripkin jr., baseball player, describing how he has changed over the course of his ¹⁴ games record

of the seven ¹⁵, only dopey had a shaven face. this should tell us something about the custom of shaving.

-- tom robbins, skinny legs and all

beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.

-- george santayana

why doesn't she like me? is it my hair, my overbite, the fact that i've worn the same shirt and shorts for the last four years?

-- bart simpson, young character from the simpsons, u.s. ¹⁶ television show

a beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

-- adlai stevenson

like a ¹⁷, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.

-- n. d. stice

all that is gold does not glitter. not all those who wander are lost;

-- j.r.r. tolkein

not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.

-- spencer tracy, about katharine hepburn

i often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

-- vincent van gogh

one may have a blazing ¹⁸ in one's soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. ¹⁹ see only a wisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way.

-- vincent van gogh

a ²⁰ is someone better-looking than you are.

-- gore vidal

even overweight cats ²¹ know the ²² rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.

-- john weitz, american designer

it is better to be looked over than overlooked.

-- mae west

fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

-- oscar wilde

guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. i wish i could. it's like having a little pet for your face.

-- anita wise

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1
n.假发
参考例句：
when he grew bald he bought a toupee.头发掉了后，他买了一顶假发。 while i was writing that last paragraph,the nurse straightened my toupee.我写最后一段的时候，护士正了正我的假发。

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adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 the author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

3
使…成为必要( entail的现在分词 )；需要；限定继承；使必需
参考例句：
israel will face harsh new trials entailing territorial and functional concessions. 以色列将面临严峻的考验，在领土和能源方面做出让步。 taking on china over north korea option entailing the most strategic risk. 让中国处理朝鲜问题冒有最大的战略风险。

4
n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力
参考例句：
he was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。 you need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

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n.谦逊，谦恭
参考例句：
humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。 his voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

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n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛
参考例句：
the boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。 his eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

7
n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人
参考例句：
he is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。 an ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

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n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶
参考例句：
the fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。 carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

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n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
he guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 they are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

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n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
he ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 the remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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n.摆动( vibration的名词复数 )；震动；感受；（偏离平衡位置的）一次性往复振动
参考例句：
we could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside. 我们可以感到外面卡车经过时的颤动。 i am drawn to that girl; i get good vibrations from her. 我被那女孩吸引住了，她使我产生良好的感觉。来自《简明英汉词典》

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怪诞的( weird的比较级 )；神秘而可怕的；超然的；古怪的
参考例句：
actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up. 事实上，在拖吊车司机出现后，事情的发展更加怪异。

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n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望
参考例句：
shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。 he had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。

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adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
it has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。 the policy of our party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

15
n.矮子( dwarf的名词复数 )；有魔法的小矮人
参考例句：
everyone will try to claim it: men, dwarves, wizards. 每个种族都会争取它的拥有权：人类，矮人，巫师。来自电影对白 have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves? 难道你还不了解那个矮人的倔强吗？来自电影对白

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adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的
参考例句：
his observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。 we had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

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n.酶干；vt.修剪，砍掉，削减；vi.删除
参考例句：
will you prune away the unnecessary adjectives in the passage?把这段文字中不必要的形容词删去好吗？ it is our job to prune the side branches of these trees.我们的工作就是修剪这些树的侧枝。

18
n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面
参考例句：
she came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。 she comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

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n. 过路人(行人,经过者)
参考例句：
he had terrorized oxford street,where passersby had seen only his footprints. 他曾使牛津街笼罩了一片恐怖气氛，因为那儿的行人只能看到他的脚印，看不到他的人。来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学 a person is marceling on a street, watching passersby passing. 街边烫发者打量着匆匆行人。

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n.自我陶醉者
参考例句：
don't get caught in the trap of always trying to please a narcissist. 不要让自己一直陷入讨好自恋者的困境中。来自互联网

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adv.本能地
参考例句：
as he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近，她本能地往后缩。来自《简明英汉词典》 he knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。来自《简明英汉词典》

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n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的
参考例句：
this is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。 the cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

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