Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.

-- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

今天的语言就像孩子从海滩带回的贝壳和海藻绳，在一个小时内就失去了光泽。

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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

语言是为一定程度的思考而产生的，正如眼泪是为一定程度的痛苦而产生的。最不明显的东西叫不出来;最清楚的是说不出来的。

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When buying a house, check the beams; when choosing a wife; check the mother.

买房时要检查房梁;选择妻子时;检查的母亲。

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Everybody at home speaks mandarin except me.

除了我，家里的每个人都说普通话。

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Words are memes that can be pronounced.

单词是可以发音的模因。

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