1 Failure is the mother of success.

Failure is the mother of success.

Failure n.

Fail v.

Success n.

Succeed v.

2 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Life without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

(This sentence structure is quite neat and symmetrical~)

Aim n. Target v. Aim; aim at

Compass v. Compass; compass; compass< /p>

But everyone should pay attention to the distinction between similar words. Some words look very similar but have completely different meanings. For example, the following word only differs from compass by two letters, but its meanings are quite different.

Compress v. Compression

3 Where there is a will, there is a way.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Students should pay attention to this sentence. Many students know the word will and know that it is a modal verb, and it expresses the simple future tense, followed by the verb base form. But here It is a noun serving as the subject, and it means "determination; will". Of course, this word also means "will", so everyone needs to understand the polysemy of the word in conjunction with the context.

45All things in their being are good for something.

I am born to be useful.

The good seaman is known in bad weather.

The stormy sea shows the true character of a hero.

Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

Cease to struggle and you cease to live.

Life does not stop and you cease to struggle.

Cease v. Stop (this word is much more advanced than the stop that many students know)

Struggle v./n. Struggle

7 Victory won' t come to me unless I go to it.

Victory will not come to us, I must go to victory myself.

Victory n. Triumph, a synonym for victory

(But you can think of another very similar word, victoria - names of people and places. Do you think it is very familiar to you?)

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Unless conj. Unless (introducing adverbial clause)

5 Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards.

Upwards and downwards are a pair of antonyms (upwards & downwards), but they are both adverbs. And upward and downward have become adjectives (these two words are also often used in everyone's IELTS writing - an upward trend)

5 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.< /p>

Listen more and talk less.

Swift itself is an adjective, translated as "fast; agile"

Will, work and wait are the pyramidal cornerstones for success.

Will, work And waiting is the cornerstone of the pyramid of success.

Pyramid n. Pyramid

Pyramidal adj. Pyramid; conical

Cornerstone n. =corner (corner)+stone (stone) foundation stone

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