Vocabulary: 白鲸
- (suffix) very; extremely
- battleship; warship
- presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- via
- (communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
- foodstuff
- squid
- cuttlefish
- to study; to examine; to probe; to study the underlying principles
- original works; original text; original author
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme
- to superimpose; to layer; to overlay; to superpose
- strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- to detest; hatred
- shoal of fish
- to injure sb
- pitch-black
- to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
- to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment
- to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
- confused; rattled; flustered
- terrifying; shocking; dreadful
- to estimate; to surmise; to appraise
- old habit (usually bad); inbred custom; deep-rooted practice
- supplementary; incidentally; in parentheses; by chance; in passing; additionally; secondary; subsidiary; to attach
- there is no lack of
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
- a cut above others; superior
- physical body
- to coerce; to compel; to force
- bottom of one's heart
- rancor; hatred; bitterness; resentfulness
- as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; within one's powers
- willing (to do sth); to take pleasure in