Vocabulary: 百年孤独
- hobgoblin; bogey; phantom
- spirit; fairy; elf; sprite; genie
- to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast; to spread like wildfire
- (bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
- fountain pen; CL:支[zhi1]
- mailbag
- owner of sth lost or stolen
- midway
- agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
- cotton rope; cord
- glue
- desktop; tabletop
- lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); fig. to get instant results
- needlework; working for a living as a needleworker
- one's return date
- the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood
- high-level; higher (animals, education etc); advanced (math etc)
- lesson; schoolwork
- to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Saint Peter
- a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- indifferent; insignificant
- for example; for instance; such as
- grammar
- long; endless; boundless
- step one; first step
- not yet (done); pending
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- appropriate; suitable
- when things come to a head (idiom)
- to hit on someone; to strike up a conversation; to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation
- careful; thorough; meticulous
- to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate
- to affect; to produce a change in sth
- with rapt attention
- to listen (respectfully)
- (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)