英语短篇小说 | A Curious Dream 怪梦 马克·吐温
Night before last I had a singular dream. I seemed to be sitting on a doorstep (in no particular city perhaps) ruminating, and the time of night appeared to be about twelve or one o'clock.
与拉丁词根luc, lum（light 光）相关的英语词汇
luminary
英 [ˈluːmɪnəri] 美 [ˈluːmɪneri]
专家、权威、有影响的人物
英语幽默 | 我的手表停了 My watch has stopped
Then his captain heard about this, and one day he brought him a watch too and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”
后来他的上尉听说了这件事，有一天，他也给他拿来了一块手表，说：“我的手表停了。请给我修一下，好吗？”
区别辨析sleepy与asleep
这两个形容词均含有“欲睡的”之意。
英语短篇小说 | Odour of Chrysanthemums 菊香 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯
The small locomotive engine, Number 4, came clanking, stumbling down from Selston--with seven full waggons. It appeared round the corner with loud threats of speed, but the colt that it startled from among the gorse, which still flickered indistinctly in the raw afternoon, outdistanced it at a canter.
区别辨析sleep、doze、nap、snooze与slumber
这些动词均含“睡”之意。
与拉丁词根litera（letter 字面）相关的英语词汇
alliteration
英 [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn] 美 [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn]
（术语）头韵，头韵法（相连单词的开头使用同样的字母或语音）
英语幽默 | 我以前从来没打得这样糟糕过 I’ve never played as badly as this before
“Oh,” she said, “you have played before, have you?”
“哦，”她说，“你打过，对吗？”
与拉丁词根lateral（side 边）相关的英语词汇
quadrilateral
英 [ˌkwɒdrɪˈlætərəl] 美 [ˌkwɑːdrɪˈlætərəl]
（几何）四边形
区别辨析skin、leather、fur、hide与peel
这些名词均含“皮，皮肤”之意。
英语短篇小说 | My Kinsman, Major Molineux 我的堂叔，莫利纳上校 纳撒尼尔·霍桑
AFTER the kings of Great Britain had assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors, the measures of the latter seldom met with the ready and generous approbation which had been paid to those of their predecessors, under the original charters.
区别辨析skill、art与craft
这些名词均含“技艺、技巧”之意。
