Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 节节x1 | Chapter Rank #5513step by step; little by little
- 攀升x1 | Chapter Rank #5514to clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise
- 三十五万x1 | Chapter Rank #5515
- 建筑x2 | Chapter Rank #2561to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 筑x1 | Chapter Rank #5516five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- 与日俱增x1 | Chapter Rank #5517to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
- 限度x2 | Chapter Rank #2562limitation; limit
- 超过x2 | Chapter Rank #2563to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- 滥发x1 | Chapter Rank #5518
- 害x1 | Chapter Rank #5519to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- 无益x1 | Chapter Rank #5520no good; not good for; not beneficial
- 眼眶x1 | Chapter Rank #5521eye socket; rim of the eye
- 小蛇x1 | Chapter Rank #5522
- 看上去x1 | Chapter Rank #5523it would appear; it seems (that)
- 蟒x1 | Chapter Rank #5524python
- 改行x1 | Chapter Rank #5525to change profession
- 包揽x1 | Chapter Rank #5526to take it all upon oneself; to undertake the whole task; (fig.) to sweep (all prizes etc)
- 各色各样x1 | Chapter Rank #5527(idiom) diverse; various; all kinds of
- 格式x1 | Chapter Rank #5528form; specification; format
- 正规x2 | Chapter Rank #2564regular; according to standards
- 协助x1 | Chapter Rank #5529to provide assistance; to aid
- 羊皮纸x1 | Chapter Rank #5530parchment
- 廉价x1 | Chapter Rank #5531cheaply-priced; low-cost
- 价x1 | Chapter Rank #5532(literary) messenger; servantparticle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective; (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following elementprice; value; (chemistry) valence
- 笔记本x1 | Chapter Rank #5533notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bi3 ji4 ben3 dian4 nao3])
- 怀特x2 | Chapter Rank #2565White (name)
- 马什x2 | Chapter Rank #2566
- 高级工x1 | Chapter Rank #5534
- 清x2 | Chapter Rank #2567Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- 人格x1 | Chapter Rank #5535personality; integrity; dignity
- 实打实x1 | Chapter Rank #5536(coll.) rock-solid; no-nonsense; undeniably genuine (esp. of skills, effort, performance or service)
- 朴素x1 | Chapter Rank #5537plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
- 娱乐场x1 | Chapter Rank #5538place of entertainment; casino; resort
- 消闲x1 | Chapter Rank #5539to spend one's leisure time; to idle away the time
- 鬼混x1 | Chapter Rank #5540to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly
- 钓鱼x1 | Chapter Rank #5541to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
- 打猎x1 | Chapter Rank #5542to go hunting
- 的确x1 | Chapter Rank #5543really; indeed
- 忘乎所以x1 | Chapter Rank #5544to get carried away; to forget oneself
- 正事x1 | Chapter Rank #5545one's proper business
- 罕见x2 | Chapter Rank #2568rare; rarely seen
- 隐蔽x1 | Chapter Rank #5546to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
- 物议x1 | Chapter Rank #5547
- 证明x3 | Chapter Rank #1570proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- 甩手掌柜x1 | Chapter Rank #5548lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself
- 手推车x1 | Chapter Rank #5549trolley; cart; barrow; handcart; wheelbarrow; baby buggy
- 大街小巷x1 | Chapter Rank #5550great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- 发达x1 | Chapter Rank #5551well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
- 付款x1 | Chapter Rank #5552to pay a sum of money; payment
- 进口x1 | Chapter Rank #5553to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)