#爱优牙牙齿矫正[超话]#Diana and Mary Rivers became more sad and silent as the day approached for leaving their brother and their home. They both tried to appear as usual; but the sorrow they had to struggle against was one that could not be entirely conquered or concealed. Diana intimated that this would be a different parting from any they had ever yet known. It would probably, as far as St. John was concerned, be a parting for years: it might be a parting for life.

#武体小课堂# 【易混淆词汇辨析】
1. “普通”：average、common、general、universal、usual 的用法区别；
2. “错误”：blunder、error、mistake 的用法区别；
3. “联合”：associate、ally、combine、unite 的用法区别；
4. “区域”：area、district、region、zone 的用法区别；
5. “活”：alive、live、living、lively 的用法区别；
6. “要点、摘要”：abstract、digest、outline、summary 的用法区别；via学点英语口语

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