Vocabulary: 傲慢与偏见
- firm; resolute; determined
- a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- matters; arrangements
- to go on a tour; to have an outing
- to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive
- equivocal; ambiguous
- to have one's wish fulfilled
- to say, without careful consideration
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- to bury
- in any case; anyhow; after all
- towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor
- dangerous; sinister; vicious
- crime; evil; sin
- to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
- treatise; discourse; exposition
- to suffer; to sustain (loss)
- to treat unjustly; an injustice
- to drift without a resting place (idiom); roving; errant; vagrant; erratic
- in my opinion
- to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out
- to redeem; redemption; salvation
- to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
- feather; plumage; plume
- lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
- looks impressive but is worthless (idiom); not as good as it looks; a reputation with no substance
- (idiom) to think oneself clever
- final conclusion; accepted argument
- to sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- words; expression; what one says
- (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
- to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned
- to ruin; to spoil; to break
- to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely; to let the world know
- to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- to pass on (stories); to relate
- to disappear; to fade away