Vocabulary: 前言
from 都柏林人
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #122to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 无动于衷x1 | Chapter Rank #443aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
- 公众x1 | Chapter Rank #444public
- 童年x1 | Chapter Rank #445childhood
- 成年x1 | Chapter Rank #446to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year
- 公共x2 | Chapter Rank #208public; common; communal
- 按照x2 | Chapter Rank #209according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 顺序x2 | Chapter Rank #210sequence; order
- 安排x1 | Chapter Rank #447to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- 采取x2 | Chapter Rank #211to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- 审慎x1 | Chapter Rank #448prudent; cautious
- 平民x1 | Chapter Rank #449ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- 词语x2 | Chapter Rank #212word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #450is precisely
- 内容x1 | Chapter Rank #451content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 特殊x1 | Chapter Rank #452special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- 写法x3 | Chapter Rank #123style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
- 经历x1 | Chapter Rank #453to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 拖x2 | Chapter Rank #213to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- 好几年x1 | Chapter Rank #454several years
- 得以x1 | Chapter Rank #455able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- 出版x27 | Chapter Rank #10to publish
- 大约x2 | Chapter Rank #214approximately; probably
- 伦敦x2 | Chapter Rank #215London, capital of United Kingdom
- 商x11 | Chapter Rank #24commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- 先生x12 | Chapter Rank #21teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 接受x2 | Chapter Rank #216to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- 书稿x3 | Chapter Rank #124manuscript of a book
- 扣压x1 | Chapter Rank #456to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
- 一年x1 | Chapter Rank #457
- 之后x2 | Chapter Rank #217after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- 退x1 | Chapter Rank #458to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 交给x1 | Chapter Rank #459to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 毛x3 | Chapter Rank #125surname Maohair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- 瑟x3 | Chapter Rank #126a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- 签订合同x1 | Chapter Rank #460
- 约定x1 | Chapter Rank #461to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- 之前x3 | Chapter Rank #127before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 该书x3 | Chapter Rank #128
- 时间x2 | Chapter Rank #218(concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- 一拖再拖x1 | Chapter Rank #462
- 要求x2 | Chapter Rank #219to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 修改x3 | Chapter Rank #129to amend; to alter; to modify
- 委员会x4 | Chapter Rank #86committee; commission
- 办公室x5 | Chapter Rank #63office; business premises
- 常青x4 | Chapter Rank #87evergreen
- 节x4 | Chapter Rank #88joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- 一些x4 | Chapter Rank #89some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 段落x1 | Chapter Rank #463phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage
- 情愿x1 | Chapter Rank #464willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)