There is no egg in eggplant(1) nor ham in hamburger(2), neither apple nor pine in pineapple(3).
鸡蛋(egg)和茄子(eggplant)没什么血缘关系；汉堡里(hamburger)也不是夹火腿(ham)；苹果(apple)和凤梨(pineapple)的长相差距很大。
English muffins(4) weren't invented in England or French fries(5) in France.
英式松饼(English muffins)的家乡不是英国；炸土豆条(French fries)的发源地也不是法国。
Sweetmeats(6) are candies while sweetbreads(7), which aren't sweet, are meat.
蜜饯(sweetmeats)不是肉，是甜的；杂碎(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)其实流得很慢；拳击台(boxing rings)是方形的；小豚鼠(guinea pig)的老家不是几内亚，长相也没有一点儿像小猪。
If a vegetarian(11) eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian(12) eat?
如果素食主义者(vegetarian)吃蔬菜，那么，人道主义者(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，可后面跟着chance，就都变成"机会渺茫"了；聪明人(wise man)改一个词，就沦落为自作聪明的人(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是近义词，但oversee是"监视"，overlook意思怎么就是"忽视"呢？A lot和a few是反义词，但与quite连用，怎么都表示"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.
星星出来(out)了，我们能看到它们；灯灭了(out)，我们就什么也看不见了。
When you wind up your watch(23), you start it, but when you wind up an essay(24), you end it.
给表上发条(wind up)，表就开始走；wind up一篇文章，文章就结束啦。
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