be proud of对…感到骄傲,以…为荣
例句:The shop was proud of its exclusiveness.
这商店因别具一格而沾沾自喜。
2.They sang about the things that were close to them. Horses and cows and danger and death.
close to离…近
例句:His house is close to mine.
他的房子靠近我家。
It is close to fact.
这更接近于事实。
3.The wild prairie lands were not friendly to men or animals. It was a lonely land. And the howling of wolves and winds at night made it more so.
made it more so根据上下文,指的是使环境显得更不好,更恶劣。