Vocabulary: 绯闻艺术史
- breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile
- well-off; wealthy
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- the river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
- smoothly; without a hitch
- shy; bashful
- to explain oneself; to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; declaration; confession
- (idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
- hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to bring to sb's attention
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to summon one's courage
- to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
- (idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to inform; to notify
- one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command
- tenant
- engineer
- 缪 móu: 缪 mou2: used in 綢繆|绸缪[chou2 mou2]缪 Miào: 缪 Miao4: surname Miao
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- to get engaged
- propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip!
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- cruel; merciless; ruthless
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- distressed
- more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
- whisk broom; small broom; CL:把[ba3]
- to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- to go out
- to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted
- discouraged; downhearted
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- to give up smoking
- every night
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to visit; to go around visiting (people or places)