Today we tell about two words that are close in meaning.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

But you notice up here how close these levels are, so we are looking at very, very fine distinctions.

你能看到这些层有多接近，所以我们是在观察非常非常细微的差别。

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I think obviously with the war in Iraq emphasised our, the extent, how close we are.

我想，伊拉克战争，很明显地突出了我们之间的关系有多么密切。

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Not now. Not when we are so close.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

In our affections, in our caring, who we like, who we feel close to, whose pain bothers us, we are not indiscriminate.

我们对他人的喜爱，对他人的关心，我们喜欢谁，与谁亲近，在乎谁的痛苦，并非一视同仁的。

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And on the inner wall close to the courtyard actually what you see are some glittering tiles, thats what we call the luminary wall. Each lit rectangle tells about Chinese-American who has been important in American or world history.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Well, we are getting close.

我们更接近问题本质了。

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Analysts are keeping a close eye on Wednesday's trading. "I think that today we will have a lot of pressure as well because there is this fear of contagion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Its role is to move molecules around in the body so that they're available to cells everywhere within your body regardless of how close they are to your skin, and we'll talk about that.

它能将分子输送到身体各处,供体内所有的细胞使用,而无论那些细胞多么靠近体表,我们会讲到这些的

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"So our goal really as we go about is to have close relations with both the political authorities as well as civil society because that is where we are drawing our employees from."

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

We tend to like people who we're close to physically, who we are physically and spatially close to, who we spend a lot of time with.

我们倾向于喜欢离我们近的人，身体上空间上离我们近的人，经常和我们相处的人。

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"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

So, we have a certain mode of talking about things that we own or things that are close to us "My arm, my heart, my child, my car."

我们对我们所拥有的,或是与我们有关的事物,有着特定的表述模式,比如,"我的胳膊,我的心脏,我的孩子,我的爱车"

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