Dictionary - virgin

virgin noun someone who has never had sex

Dictionary - lie

lie 1 (lies, lying, lay, lain) verb

1. to be or put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface such as the floor or a bed: She was lying on the beach reading a book. [] Emma was lying on her stomach on the couch. --> LAY
2. to be on a particular surface: The gun was lying on the ground next to him.
3. to be in a particular position or place: The farm lay a few miles to the north.
4. used for talking about things such as plans, ideas, and qualities and what they consist of: The difficulty lies in knowing what to do next.
5. if something lies in a particular state, it is in that state: The castle lay in ruins.
6. (lies, lying, lied) to deliberately say something that is not true: It was obvious that she was lying. [] He had to lie about his age to get into the army. [] She admitted lying to the police.

• PHRASES

1. lie ahead to be going to happen in the future: A grand future lies ahead of him.
2. lie in wait (for sb) to hide so that you can attack someone when they pass you
3. lie low to hide, or to try to avoid attracting attention to yurself

• PHRASAL VERBS

1. lie back to move from a sitting position into a position in which you are lying on a surface
2. lie down to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface, especially in order to rest or to sleep: I'm going to go and lie down for a while.

lie 2 noun something that you say or write that you know is not true: He told them he could drive, but it was a lie. [] Most children tell lies sometimes.

Dictionary - bloody

bloody (bloodier, bloodiest) adj

1. covered in blood
2. a bloody fight or war is one in which a lot of people are killed or injured

Dictionary - thorn

thorn noun a sharp point that sticks out from the stem of a plant

Dictionary - ragged

ragged adj

1. torn and dirty: a pair of ragged shorts
2. wearing of dirty clothes: ragged children playing in the street
3. not smooth or regular: a ragged edge

Dictionary - portrait

portrait noun

1. ART a painting, drawing, or photograph of someone: A portrait of her three children hangs behind her desl.
2. a description of someone or something, for example in a book: an interesting portrait of life under communism
3. COMPUTING a way of arranging a page so that its short sides are at the top and bottom --> LANDSCAPE

Dictionary - meant

meant the past tense and past participle of mean

Dictionary - beneath

beneath adv, preposition

1. directly under something, or at a lower level: We sheltered beneath a tree. [] You can see through the clear water to the coral reefs beneath.
2. if something is beneath someone, they think that they are too good or important to have to do it

Dictionary - soothe

soothe verb

1. to make someone more calm when they are feeling worried or upset
2. to make something less sore or painful - soothing adj, soothingly adv

Dictionary - grain

gain noun

1. AGRICULTURE a seed or the seeds from cereal plants such as wheat, rice, or barley that are used for food, or barley that are used for food, or the plants that they grow on - picture --> CEREAL
2. a very small individual piece of a substance such as sand, salt, or suger
3. a very small amount of a quality or felling: There was more than a grain of truth in what he'd said.
4. the pattern or direction of th fibres in substances such as wood, cloth, or pater

Dictionary - amber

amber noun a hard yellow-brown substance used for making jewellery

Dictionary - hue

hue noun ART a particular form of a colour

Dictionary - haze

haze noun smoke, dust, or water in the air that makes it difficult to see clearly

Dictionary - violet

violet 1 noun

1. a small plant with purple flowers and a sweet smell
2. a blue-purple colour

violet 2 adj blue-purple in colour

Dictionary - blaze

blaze 1 noun

1. a large fire that causes a lot of damage: Firefighters were called to a blaze at a warehouse yesterday.
2. a strong bright light or area of colour

blaze 2 verb

1. to burn strongly and brightly: A fire blazed in the grate. [] In a few moments, the fire was blzaing.
2. to shine very brightly: A car roared towards them, its headlights blazing.

Dictionary - flaming

flaming adj

1. burning brightly: flaming torches
2. involving a lot of angry emotion = BLAZING: a flaming now

Dictionary - perhaps

perhaps adv used for saying that you are not certain whether something is true: I haven't seen them for months - perhaps they've moved away. [] There were perhaps a dozen women in the audience.

Dictionary - sanity

sanity noun the ability to think and speak in a reasonable way and to behave normally: I was beginning to doubt my own sanity (=think I was possibly mentally ill).

Dictionary - suffer

suffer verb

1. to feel physical or mental pain: When parents argue constantly, it's the childern who suffer most. [] Don't worry, the animal won't suffer any pain.
2. to have a particular illness or physical problem: patients suffering from heart disease
3. to experience something very unpleasant or painful: In wars, it's usually innocent civilians that suffer. [] Our team suffered another humiliating defeat last night.
4. to become worse or less successful

Dictionary - linen

linen noun

1. a cloth like thick cotton that creases easily
2. things made of cloth that are used in the house, such as sheets and tablecloths

Dictionary - snowy

snowy adj with a lot of snow

Dictionary - chill

chill noun

1. [singular] a feeling of being cold: a chill in the air
2. a minor illness like a cold
3. a felling of fear: The cry sent a chill down her spine

Dictionary - sketch

sketch 1 noun

1. ART a drawing that is made quickly that does not have many details
2. a short funny scene performed within a longer show

sketch 2 verb

1. ART to draw a picture quickly and with few details
2. to make a general plan of something, with only a few details

Dictionary - shadow

shadow 1 noun an area of darkness that is created when something blocks light: The dogs are always trying to chase their own shadows. [] Even on a bright days, the room was in shadow.

• PHRESES

1. beyond/without a shadow of a doubt used for saying that you are completely ceertain of something
2. in sb's shadow in a situatioin where your own qualities are not niticed or recognized because most people pay attention to someone else: For years, she lived in her father's shadow.

shadow 2 verb to secretly follow someone wherever they go

Dictionary - mix

mix 1 verb

1. to combine two or more substances so that they becom a single substance: Add the eggs and mix thoroughly. [] Oil and water don't mix. [] Mix the flour with the eggs and butter. [] Mix the paint and water together.
2. to make something by combining two or more substances: Phil was mixing a cocktail.
3. to combine things such as activities, ideas, or styles: In this room, antique and modern furniture have beem successfully mixed. [] Their mood was one of relief mixed with sadness.
4. to meet other people in social situations and talk to them: The party gave me a chance to mix with the other sstudents.

• PHRASAL VERB mix sb/sth up to think that someone or something is another person or thing: They look so alike that it's easy to mix them up. [] I think I'm mixing him up with someone else.

mix 2 noun

1. [singular] a combination of different types of people or things: There was a good mix of people at the party.
2. a powder that you buy and mix with liquid to make a particular type of food: a cake mix

Dictionary - palette

palette noun ART a board that an artist uses for mixing paints on

Dictionary - Starry

Starry adj a starry sky or night is one with a lot of stars
Song: Vincent,

Song - Vincent

Starry, starry night.
滿天繁星的夜空。
Picture palette blue and gray,
你在調色板抹上灰色和藍色的油彩
look out on a summer's day, with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
用望穿我靈魂深處的雙眼，探訪美好的夏日。
Shadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the daffodils,
山丘上的暗影描繪出樹與水仙的輪廓
catch the breeze and the winter chills, in colors on the snowy linen land.
雪白的亞麻色油彩，捕捉寒冬裡的微風。

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
如今我才明白你想說些什麼
how you suffered for your sanity,
你為了保持理知受盡折磨
and how you tried to set them free.
你努力想要釋放人們的心靈
The would not listen; the did not know how.
他們卻不理會;他們不知道如何開始
Perhaps they'll listen now.
也許他們現在願意聽了。

Starry, starry night.
滿天繁星的夜空。
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze,
如火焰般炙熱的花朵
swirling clouds in violet haze, reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.
紫羅蘭色的迷霧中捲曲的雲朵。映照出梵谷湛藍的雙眸。
Colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grain,
千變萬化的油彩，清晨裡琥珀色的稻田
weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
歷盡風霜的臉龐訴說者苦痛，這些都在畫家的筆下得到撫慰。

Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
如今我才明白你想說些什麼
and how you suffered for your sanity,
你為了保持理知受盡折磨
how you tried to set them free.
你努力想要釋放人們的心靈
They would not listen; they did not know how.
他們卻不理會;他們不知道如何開始
Perhaps they'll listen now.
也許他們現在願意聽了。

For they could not love you, but still your loves was true.
即使他們過去無法愛你，但你的愛依舊真誠。
And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night,
在滿天繁星的夜空，你看不到未來的希望
you took your life, as lovers often do.
你選擇結束自己的生命，就像戀人們為愛殉情。
But I could have told you,
我希望我當時有機會告訴你
Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.
文森，這世界容不下像你這般美好的人。

Starry, starry night.
滿天繁星的夜空。
Portraits hung in empty halls,
你的肖像掛在空蕩的大廳中
frameless heads on nameless walls,
模糊的面容，在無名的牆上。
with eyes that watch the world and can't forget.
端看著這個世界，無法忘懷。
Like the strangers that you've met,
就像你曾偶遇的陌生人
the ragged men in ragged clothes,
依衫襤褸的男子
the silver thon of bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
雪紅玻瑰的斷裂銀剌，覆蓋在初雪上


Now I think I know what you tried to say to me,
如今我才明白你想說些什麼
and how you suffered for your sanity,
你為了保持理智受盡折磨
how you tried to set them free.
你努力想要釋放人們的心靈
They would not listen.
他們卻不理會
They're not listening still.
他們還是不願意聽
Perhaps they never will.
也許他們永遠無法理解