Vocabulary: 白鲸
- to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- extremely vast; boundless; limitless; digressing; discursive; going off on tangents; straying far off topic
- edge; fringe
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- mill
- not the only one; not only
- to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
- seaport; harbor
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- 谈 Tán: 谈 Tan2: surname Tan谈 tán: 谈 tan2: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- compared with
- handwriting
- thoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
- ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
- latest; newest
- to receive for storage; delivery of goods; to gather and store; to store safely; safe keeping
- friendship; camaraderie
- to treat
- congenial
- nationality
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- major city; metropolis; metropolitan
- indescribable (joy); inexpressible (pleasure)
- prejudiced; narrow-minded
- peasant; farmer
- altogether; in sum; in all; in total
- to kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal); (fig.) to reap rewards; to achieve gains
- to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart
- weak point; failing
- from this, it can be seen that...
- to pay attention to; to emphasize
- the high seas; international waters
- to brush past
- lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick
- in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
- to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning
- to lower a flag; to strike the colors
- sincere; genuine; true
- goodwill
- hurried; in a haste
- (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to