Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly
- 累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach
- idiot; fool
- to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears
- to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- ceaseless; endless (idiom)
- flight; voyage; distance traveled; range (of an airplane or ship)
- wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- to mutter; to feel apprehensive
- candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- elsewhere
- difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to pass on (stories); to relate
- to declare; to announce; to proclaim
- to cheer for; to acclaim
- depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
- to reply
- as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- hastily
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
- to pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- fast; high-speed; rapid
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- at least; (to say the) least
- (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold
- (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible); also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
- to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- river; stream
- drainpipe; waste pipe
- to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
- voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob