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This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; where 'colonel,' 'freight,' 'once,' and 'ache' are strikingly at odds with their spellings.

在英语里，"劈"既可以是指一切为二的意思，又有把两样东西粘合在一起的意思；一个简简单单的"SET"，作动词时，就有126种不同的意思，而作名词用时，又有58个意思，作为分词形容词是，则又有10种意思了；英语里，如果说你跑地快，说明你移动的迅速，但是快这个次在与粘用在一起时，这时的快就不是原来那个意思了；名词colonel、 freight和once则与它们的拼写形成鲜明的对比。

Birth in this new usage is most commonly found in its present participial form and is used as an adjective in the compound birthing room.

Birth这种新的用法常见于现在分词形式并用于合成词中的形容词育婴室

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。