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He sat there in silence, doing nothing. He said it, laughing. He was walking with Jack, chatting. be/ feel sorry for… 為 … 感到難過 / 遺憾/惋惜 encouragement n. 鼓勵(lì) courage n. 勇氣 encourage v. 鼓勵(lì) discourage v. 使泄氣 /沮喪 encouraging adj. 鼓勵(lì)的(物作主語或修飾物) encouraged adj. 受到鼓舞的 (人作主語或修飾人 ) encourage sb to do sth. 鼓勵(lì)某人做某事 . My parents encourage me to bee a teacher. make fun of sb. = laugh at sb. = play a joke on sb. (from…) cf. design 1) The Minister of Justice resigned yesterday. 2) He decided to resign from the mittee. v. assist sb. in doing sth. assist sb. with sth. assist sb. to do sth. assistance n. assistant n. (c) n. his three ~s pany (u) n. keep sb. ~ 陪伴 sb. acpany v. ~ sb. = keep sb. pany 17. latter former cf. letter / ladder