As it happens, English color words may be especially difficult to learn, because in English we throw in a curve ball: we like to use color words “prenominally, ” meaning before nouns.

其中，英语语系尤其突出，因为在英语中，我们通常把色彩加在名字前面使用。

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To help not throw curve balls, use a hair tie!

机智如我为了不让精灵球丢歪我用了发带！

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What do these have in common: Google, Blind Date, China, India, Wi-Fi and (just to throw a curve) Max Oshman, the 17-year-old Web designer I wrote about in the last issue?

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