Vocabulary: 第三卷 13
from 傲慢与偏见
- 想方设法x1 | Chapter Rank #483to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- 其他人x3 | Chapter Rank #154
- 支开x1 | Chapter Rank #484to send (sb) away; to change the subject; to open (an umbrella etc)
- 今晚x2 | Chapter Rank #236tonight
- 封信x1 | Chapter Rank #485
- 写x2 | Chapter Rank #237used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]to write
- 径直x1 | Chapter Rank #486directly
- 餐室x1 | Chapter Rank #487dining room
- 再说x1 | Chapter Rank #488to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
- 坐下x1 | Chapter Rank #489to sit down
- 打牌x1 | Chapter Rank #490to play mahjong or cards
- 不想x1 | Chapter Rank #491unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 妨碍x1 | Chapter Rank #492to hinder; to obstruct
- 完x2 | Chapter Rank #238to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 信x1 | Chapter Rank #493letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 不禁x1 | Chapter Rank #494can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
- 被x2 | Chapter Rank #239quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 眼前x1 | Chapter Rank #495before one's eyes; now; at present
- 景象x1 | Chapter Rank #496scene; sight (to behold)
- 吓了一跳x1 | Chapter Rank #497
- 不由得x2 | Chapter Rank #240can't help; cannot but
- 感叹x2 | Chapter Rank #241to sigh (with feeling); to lament
- 高明x1 | Chapter Rank #498see 高明區|高明区[Gao1 ming2 Qu1]brilliant; superior; wise
- 原来x2 | Chapter Rank #242original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 看见x1 | Chapter Rank #499to see; to catch sight of
- 姐姐x6 | Chapter Rank #71older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 壁炉x1 | Chapter Rank #500fireplace
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #501front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 谈x2 | Chapter Rank #243to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discusssurname Tan
- 热火朝天x1 | Chapter Rank #502in full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
- 样子x1 | Chapter Rank #503appearance; manner; pattern; model
- 如果x4 | Chapter Rank #110if; in case; in the event that
- 番x1 | Chapter Rank #504surname Pan(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
- 情景x1 | Chapter Rank #505scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation
- 不足以x1 | Chapter Rank #506
- 令x1 | Chapter Rank #507used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])classifier for a ream of paperto order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
- 起疑x1 | Chapter Rank #508to begin to suspect; to grow suspicious
- 再x4 | Chapter Rank #111again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 仔细x1 | Chapter Rank #509careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- 看看x1 | Chapter Rank #510to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 转身x2 | Chapter Rank #244(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- 时x1 | Chapter Rank #511o'clock; time; when; hour; season; periodsurname Shi
- 害羞x1 | Chapter Rank #512shy; embarrassed; bashful
- 窘迫x1 | Chapter Rank #513poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- 表情x1 | Chapter Rank #514(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
- 有数x1 | Chapter Rank #515to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few
- 本来x1 | Chapter Rank #516original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 够x1 | Chapter Rank #517enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- 尴尬x1 | Chapter Rank #518awkward; embarrassed
- 处境x1 | Chapter Rank #519situation (of a person)