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關鍵字彙：
balm/ console/ reassure/ solace
1. 「安慰」除了comfort之外，也可用console：
•After fire had destroyed my home, I consoled myself with the thought that it might have been worse.
•Time is said to be able to console anyone's grief.
2. 安慰憂慮之人，使其免於擔心受怕，用動詞reassure：
•He reassured his wife that she would forever be loved.
•The doctor reassured the sick man about his health.
3. 「慰藉」可用solace；用作慰藉的東西，用balm。它本來的意思是一種用以止痛的香膏，這裡是比喻的用法：
•The lonely man found solace in reading.
•Your kind words come like balm to my hurt feelings.
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