Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to start a war; to make war; to battle against
- would rather ... (than ...)
- individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
- (to) really (be)
- to fear; to dread; foreboding
- ankle
- 折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- broken leg
- (idiom) getting killed
- day after day
- odd; bizarre
- rumor
- (idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
- rumor
- rotten
- fungi; fungus
- suitable; appropriate
- absurd; preposterous; ridiculous
- (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant
- to breed; to flourish; to cause; to provoke; to create
- novel; new; exotic
- community; colony
- to prevent; to avoid; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit
- successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
- shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
- with one's own hands; personally
- to entertain; to be hospitable to
- imagination
- no wonder!; so that's why!
- to exaggerate
- to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
- naked eye; layman's eyes
- unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- willingly
- bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; fig. greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor