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　　1 Romance is the privilege of the rich， not the profession of the unemployed.

　　2 The poor should be practical and ordinary.

　　3 Intellectually， we must admit， he was not of much importance.

　　4 He was as popular with men as he was with women， and he had every quality except that of making money.

　　5 He had gone on the Stock exchange for six months； but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears？

　　6 Laura loved him and he was ready to kiss her shoestrings.

　　7 Trevor was a painter. Indeed， few people are not nowadays. But he was also an artist， and artists are rather rare.

　　8 When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man.

　　9 Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.

　　10 He never said a clever or even an ill-natured thing in his life.

　　11 That did not answer.

　　12 ………was charmingly blamed for giving away a pound，

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　　1 there/it is no use /good （in） doing sth

　　Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.

　　2 popular with/among： liked， admired or enjoyed by

　　This young teacher is very popular with the students.

　　He is very competent lawyer， but not very popular with his fellows.

　　3 live on

　　4 go on

　　5 tire of

　　His interest in the stock exchange soon wore off， and tired of the business.

　　The old man never tires of teaching others what they don’t know.

　　6 make matters/things worse

　　The earthquake left half the villagers homeless； the storm that followed made tings worse.

　　7 lose one’s temper， lose one’s health， keep one’s temper

　　8 between

　　They opened a small bookstore between them.

　　This couple has quite

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