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conceal v.隐藏, 隐瞒 （比hide更加正式, 语气更强）
conceal sth. from sb.
e.g: He concealed his disappointment from his friends.
e.g: He concealed his debts from his wife.
hide vt.vi.（hid, hidden, hiding）隐藏, 把…藏起来
e.g: When her mother came in, the little girl hid behind the curtain.（很口语话）
saying, n. 话；说话；谚语，格言
e.g: All time is no time when it is past.
机不可失，时不再来。
One is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
ruin one’s reputation 某人的声誉扫地
ruin vt.毁坏, 毁灭（泛指概念, 表示毁坏的过程不是一下完成的）
= spoil vt.搞糟, 宠坏 v.扰乱
e.g: The rain ruined my holiday. = The rain spoiled my holiday.
destroy vt.破坏, 毁坏 v.消灭, 摧毁（完全摧毁, 不可修复）
e.g: To tell the patient the truth is to risk destroying his hope.
e.g: The earthquake destroyed almost the entire city.
damage vt.损害, 损坏, 使受损失（可以被修复）
e.g: The car is damaged and it is be repairing now.
