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1.a good friend said the thing that set me off
一個好朋友說了一句讓我印象深刻的話
set off連在一起的時候，有“ to begin a journey 出發；動身；啟程”的意思，
例如：What time are you planning to set off tomorrow?
你打算明天幾點鐘啟程?
set somebody off (doing something) ：意思是“使某人笑（或哭、說等）起來”
如：Her imitations always set me off (laughing).
她模仿別人的動作，每次都把我逗得哈哈大笑。
set something ↔off 1. 使（炸彈等）爆炸 2. 使（警報）響起；拉響（警報） 3. 引發；激起
如：Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.
這些煙火要格外小心，稍有火星就能引起爆炸。
2.Anger has a way, though, of hollowing out your insides.
憤怒有一種掏空你所有心思的力量。
hollow out：If you hollow something out, you remove the inside part of it.
1. 挖空（某物）；挖出（孔、洞） 2. 挖洞（成某物）
如： "hollow out a tree trunk" 挖空一個樹干
3.You have victories but your defeats outnumber them by far, and you remember the names and faces of those who lost.
你會有所收獲，但是你的失敗更多，而你記住的往往是那些讓你失望的。
outnumber:to be greater in number than somebody/something （在數量上）壓倒，比…多
如：Men outnumber women here in the ratio of three to one.
此地男子數量以三比一超過女子。
by far……的多
如：It is quicker by far to go by train.
乘火車要快得多。
outnumber…by far 多的多
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