Vocabulary: 傲慢与偏见
- to approach; to get close to
- coda; epilogue; end
- both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
- engagement; wedding contract
- to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
- to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple
- dispirited; dejected; dismayed
- to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- rigid; stiff; lacking naturalness or smoothness; awkward; forced
- (idiom) to say not a single word about it
- nowhere
- to lay; to place; to put in a certain place
- all of it; lock, stock and barrel
- to throw (a projectile); to cast (light)
- mood; frame of mind
- still; as before
- at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
- seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
- cannot; to fail to; unable to
- to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
- to escort; to accompany
- annoyed; vexed; upset
- to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly
- to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- 兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
- to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
- merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- calm; unruffled
- lit. one action, two gains (idiom); fig. two birds with one stone
- firstly, ...
- to receive a great deal of (respect, criticism, attention etc)
- secondly, ...
- envelope
- to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
- small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty
- to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
- smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps)
- letter paper; writing paper
- handwriting