There is no egg in eggplant(1) nor ham in hamburger(2), neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3).

雞蛋(egg)和茄子(eggplant)沒什麼血緣關系；漢堡裡(hamburger)也不是夾火腿(ham)；蘋果(apple)和鳳梨(pineapple)的長相差距很大。

English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France.

英式松餅(English muffins)的家鄉不是英國；炸土豆條(French fries)的發源地也不是法國。

Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7), which aren't sweet, are meat.

蜜餞(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的；雜碎(sweetbreads)是肉，不是甜的。

We find that quicksand(8) can work slowly, boxing rings(9) are square and a guinea pig(10) is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

流沙(quicksand)其實流得很慢；拳擊台(boxing rings)是方形的；小豚鼠(guinea pig)的老家不是幾内亞，長相也沒有一點兒像小豬。

If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat?

如果素食主義者(vegetarian)吃蔬菜，那麼，人道主義者(humanitarian)吃啥?

How can a slim chance(13) and a fat chance(14) be the same, while a wise man(15) and wise guy(16) areopposites?

胖瘦截然相反，可後面跟着chance，就都變成"機會渺茫"了；聰明人(wise man)改一個詞，就淪落為自作聰明的人(wise guy)。

How can overlook(17) and oversee(18) be opposites, while quite a lot(19) and quite a few(20) are alike?

Look和see是近義詞，但oversee是"監視"，overlook意思怎麼就是"忽視"呢？A lot和a few是反義詞，但與quite連用，怎麼都表示"很多"的意思呢！

When the stars are out(21), they are visible, but when the lights are out(22), they are invisible.

星星出來(out)了，我們能看到它們；燈滅了(out)，我們就什麼也看不見了。

When you wind up your watch(23), you start it, but when you wind up an essay(24), you end it.

給表上發條(wind up)，表就開始走；wind up一篇文章，文章就結束啦。

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