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。