Vocabulary: 第二十章 奥玛：滋长的暴力
from 本·拉登传——一个恐怖大亨的隐秘人生
- 感到x2 | Chapter Rank #524to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 好奇x1 | Chapter Rank #935inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
- 拿x3 | Chapter Rank #357to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 闻x1 | Chapter Rank #936to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff atsurname Wen
- 一下x3 | Chapter Rank #358(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 鼻子x2 | Chapter Rank #525nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 捂住x1 | Chapter Rank #937to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
- 服务员x1 | Chapter Rank #938waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 解释x2 | Chapter Rank #526explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 前x1 | Chapter Rank #939front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 先x3 | Chapter Rank #359beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 吐痰x2 | Chapter Rank #527to spit; to expectorate
- 清清x1 | Chapter Rank #940
- 喉咙x1 | Chapter Rank #941the throat
- 防止x1 | Chapter Rank #942to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- 顾客x1 | Chapter Rank #943customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- 提供x3 | Chapter Rank #360to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- 痰盂x1 | Chapter Rank #944spittoon
- 种x4 | Chapter Rank #288seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 倒胃口x1 | Chapter Rank #945to spoil one's appetite; fig. to get fed up with sth
- 顿饭x1 | Chapter Rank #946
- 索然无味x1 | Chapter Rank #947dull; insipid
- 本身x1 | Chapter Rank #948itself; in itself; per se
- 很脏x1 | Chapter Rank #949
- 街上x6 | Chapter Rank #195on the street; in town
- 到处x4 | Chapter Rank #289everywhere
- 露天x2 | Chapter Rank #528outdoors; al fresco; in the open
- 污水x2 | Chapter Rank #529sewage
- 管x1 | Chapter Rank #950to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towardssurname Guan
- 多数x3 | Chapter Rank #361majority; most
- 直接x3 | Chapter Rank #362direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 居民x1 | Chapter Rank #951resident; inhabitant
- 排放x3 | Chapter Rank #363to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc); (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
- 马路边x1 | Chapter Rank #952
- 或是x2 | Chapter Rank #530or; either one or the other
- 大街x2 | Chapter Rank #531street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 室内x2 | Chapter Rank #532indoor
- 厕所x9 | Chapter Rank #128toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4]
- 可x3 | Chapter Rank #364(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; howeverused in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- 却x4 | Chapter Rank #290but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 自来水x1 | Chapter Rank #953running water; tap water
- 排污x1 | Chapter Rank #954to drain sewage
- 临街x1 | Chapter Rank #955facing the street
- 一面x1 | Chapter Rank #956one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- 脏东西x1 | Chapter Rank #957
- 街道x3 | Chapter Rank #365street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
- 普遍认为x1 | Chapter Rank #958
- 垃圾x1 | Chapter Rank #959trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4]
- 留在x1 | Chapter Rank #960
- 家里x3 | Chapter Rank #366home