使用陈腐的暗喻、明喻和习语，你省了不少思考的力气，代价是你的意义的模糊。

By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague.

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收集它们最好的方法是有一个特别的相册，把你的收藏放进去，并写下每件事对你的意义。

The best way to collect them is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you.

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写一封信，以此感谢父亲为你所做的一切及父亲对你的意义。

Write a letter thanking your father for all he's done and all he means to you.

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You can adapt it for any sort of possible purpose, but the crucial thing is to keep the distinction between meaning and significance clear."

你可以为任何目的将其改编，但重要的是你必须,将意思和意义分清楚“

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You have to talk about an academic experience that was meaningful to you,

你必须谈谈对你意义重大的一次学术经历，

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When you start describing the significance of a symbol like the tunnel, which recurs in the book, you immediately begin to limit it, and a symbol should go on deepening.

当你开始描述一个象征的意义,比如说在书中，反复出现的隧道，当你一开始予以限制，这个象征就会继续深化。

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