Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to look; to raise one's eyes
- to look around
- to spread out
- to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)
- thick; murky
- to plunge into; to jump into
- flat piece of wood; wood chip; CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4]
- to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- to swallow; to gulp
- creed; doctrine; teachings
- to exhort; to admonish
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- thorny (problem); intractable
- ostrich
- clown role in opera; clown; buffoon
- to make fun of; to seek diversion
- to pound; to beat; to hull; to attack; to disturb; to stir
- deprivation; distressed; miserable
- before this; before then; previously
- to shake out
- hurriedly; in haste
- not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected; not batting an eyelid
- tarpaulin
- cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
- peak; pinnacle; ultimate
- to alter
- bend; turn; curve
- to look at each other in dismay (idiom)
- witness
- testimony
- to capsize; (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
- to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open
- to stamp one's feet
- to be drawn into; to be involved in