Vocabulary: 第一二五章 测程仪和测量绳
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- 撒开x1 | Chapter Rank #288
- 三四十x1 | Chapter Rank #289
- 圈x1 | Chapter Rank #290livestock enclosure; pen; fold; styto confine; to lock up; to pen incircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom; classifier for loops, orbits, laps; to surround; to encircle; to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
- 以便x1 | Chapter Rank #291so that; so as to; in order to
- 事先x1 | Chapter Rank #292in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- 手里x1 | Chapter Rank #293in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- 抛x2 | Chapter Rank #125to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
- 外x1 | Chapter Rank #294outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 去x4 | Chapter Rank #52to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 这时x1 | Chapter Rank #295at this time; at this moment
- 全神贯注x1 | Chapter Rank #296(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
- 瞧x3 | Chapter Rank #73to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit
- 老x4 | Chapter Rank #53prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 鼓足勇气x1 | Chapter Rank #297to summon one's courage
- 开口x1 | Chapter Rank #298to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- 说话x1 | Chapter Rank #299to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 先生x11 | Chapter Rank #20teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 不x8 | Chapter Rank #22no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 东西x4 | Chapter Rank #54thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]east and west
- 看起来x2 | Chapter Rank #126seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 早就x2 | Chapter Rank #127already at an earlier time
- 不行x1 | Chapter Rank #300won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- 炎热x2 | Chapter Rank #128blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
- 潮湿x2 | Chapter Rank #129damp; moist
- 糟蹋x2 | Chapter Rank #130to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
- 撑得住x2 | Chapter Rank #131
- 老先生x1 | Chapter Rank #301
- 它们x1 | Chapter Rank #302they; them
- 你x23 | Chapter Rank #5you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 吗x2 | Chapter Rank #132(question particle for "yes-no" questions)(coll.) what?used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]
- 或者x1 | Chapter Rank #303or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 也许x2 | Chapter Rank #133perhaps; maybe
- 这样x3 | Chapter Rank #74this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 说x4 | Chapter Rank #55to persuadeto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- 准确x1 | Chapter Rank #304accurate; exact; precise
- 生命x2 | Chapter Rank #134life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 撑住x3 | Chapter Rank #75
- 而x2 | Chapter Rank #135and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 不是x1 | Chapter Rank #305no; is not; notfault; blame
- 不过x3 | Chapter Rank #76only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 像x1 | Chapter Rank #306to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 船长x2 | Chapter Rank #136captain (of a boat); skipper
- 您x1 | Chapter Rank #307you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- 满头x1 | Chapter Rank #308
- 灰发x1 | Chapter Rank #309
- 值得x1 | Chapter Rank #310worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #311(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 争论x2 | Chapter Rank #137to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- 上司x2 | Chapter Rank #138boss; superior
- 不会x2 | Chapter Rank #139improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all