circle [ˈsəːkəl] n. 圈子
admire [ədˈmaiə] v. 赞美，钦佩
【派】admiration 羡慕，赞美
【扩】compliment 赞美
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A: I admire your diligence.
B: That's very kind of you to say so.
A：我很钦佩您的勤奋。
B：您对我说这些，您太好了。
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close [kləus] adj. 亲密的
wedding [ˈwediŋ] n. 婚礼
【搭】hold a wedding 举办婚礼
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A: I hope you can come to attend my wedding.
B: Thank you for your invitation. I'd love to come.
A：我希望你能出席我的婚礼。
B：谢谢你的邀请，我很愿意参加。
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reception [riˈsepʃən] n. 招待会
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A: Why do you come back so late?
B: The reception lasted for more than one hour.
A：你为什么那么晚回来？
B：招待会持续了一个多小时。
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sort [sɔːt] n. 种类
noun [专属名词]圆，圆形物；圈子，阶层；弧形楼座；黑眼圈；循环，周期 - The flag was red, with a large white circle in the centre.
verb [vt. 及物动词]盘旋，环行；围绕，圈起 - Circle the words on this list that you recognize.
verb [vt. 及物动词]钦佩，仰慕；欣赏，观赏 - I admired her when I first met her and I still think she's marvellous. 我第一次见到她时就钦佩她，而且我现在依然认为她很了不起。
① vt. 钦佩，赞赏
- I admire his music more than anyone else’s.
admire sb. for sth. 因为……羡慕某人
- I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter/konwledge.
② vt. 欣赏，观赏
- While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.
③ vt. (口语)夸奖，称赞
- She likes to hear her children admired.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]使）关闭；合上，合拢；（使）暂时性关闭，关门；（永久）停业，停止活动；（使）结束，（使）停止；结清（银行账目，房屋互助协会账目）；关闭（计算机上的文件、文档或程序）；（股票等）收盘；拉近（距离），缩小（差距） - If you are cold, close the window. 如果你冷就关上窗户。
adjective [原级]接近的，靠近的；酷似的，几乎相等的；接近的，快要…的；（数量、数字、水平等）接近的；（通常指危险或不愉快的情况几乎发生）差一点儿，险些；近亲的（如父母、子女、兄弟姐妹等）；亲近的，亲密的 - Her lips were close to his head and her breath tickled his ear. 她的嘴唇靠近他的头，她的气息轻挠他的耳朵。
adverb [程度副词]（空间上）靠近地，（时间上）接近地 - Her lips were close to his head and her breath tickled his ear. 她的嘴唇靠近他的头，她的气息轻挠他的耳朵。
noun [抽象名词]结束，末尾；大教堂所属的周围场地及建筑物；一端不通的街道，死胡同，死巷道；<英>英国某些传统公学的操场；<苏格兰>（街道和公用楼梯或后院间的）通路，入口 - I asked whether her closeness to her mother ever posed any problems. 我问她与她母亲的亲密关系是否曾带来过问题。
close /kləʊs/ adj. 亲密的，近的 (形容词读间由z变为了s)
close friend 亲密的朋友
- Our home is close to the school.(静态)
- get close to... 变近了(动态)
- the/your/Jeremy' s closest friends. (最高级)
close /kləʊz/ v. 关闭
- Close the door.
noun [专属名词]婚礼，结婚庆典；婚礼的；<英>结婚纪念，结婚纪念日；结合 - Most couples want a traditional wedding.
verb [vi. 不及物动词]结婚，娶，嫁；（使）结合；坚持，专心于（活动、信仰或制度）（wed 的现在分词） - Today's our wedding anniversary.
noun [专属名词]接待处，服务台；欢迎会，招待会；欢迎，反响；（收音机或电视信号）接收效果，接收质量；接收，接待；（美橄）接球；<英>（幼儿学校的）小班，学前班 - Reception in a hotel is the desk or office that books rooms for people and answers their questions. (酒店) 接待处; 服务台 • Have him bring a car around to reception. 让他开辆车到接待处附近来。
reception ≈ party
- wedding reception 婚宴
- news conference 新闻发布会, 记者招待会
noun [专属名词]种类，品种；某一种（或某一类）人；（计算机对信息的）分类，排序；<古>程度，方式 - You describe someone as a particular sort when you are describing their character. 类型 • He seemed to be just the right sort for the job. 他似乎就是该工作的合适人选。
verb [vt. 及物动词]整理，把…分类，拣选；妥善处理，安排妥当；交往；协调 - If you sort things, you separate them into different classes, groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them. 分类
sort 和 kind 有时可以互换，但在下面两种情况下用 sort：
that sort of person 那种人
- You mustn’t mix with that sort of people. 你不得与那种人交往。
sort 可含有讽刺意味
- That's the sort of thing you like best. 那是你最喜欢的东西。
sort of / kind of + adj.（口语）稍微、有点
- I'm sort of tired today, so I might take a nap.我今天有点累，所以可能要小睡一会儿。
- I'm kind of tired today.