Vocabulary: ［第一部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 明目张胆x1 | Chapter Rank #3479openly and without fear; brazenly
- 方x3 | Chapter Rank #1365square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic metersurname Fang
- 百计x1 | Chapter Rank #3480
- 阻止x2 | Chapter Rank #1994to prevent; to block
- 答应x8 | Chapter Rank #520to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- 一条x11 | Chapter Rank #353
- 单x7 | Chapter Rank #599used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]surname Shan
- 桅x3 | Chapter Rank #1366mast
- 帆船x3 | Chapter Rank #1367sailboat
- 说好x3 | Chapter Rank #1368to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
- 送x3 | Chapter Rank #1369to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 说辞x1 | Chapter Rank #3481excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
- 少不更事x2 | Chapter Rank #1995(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
- 轻佻x1 | Chapter Rank #3482frivolous; coquettish
- 姑娘x3 | Chapter Rank #1370girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 肚子x4 | Chapter Rank #1042belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 硬逼x1 | Chapter Rank #3483to pressure; to press; to force; to compel; to push; to coerce; to urge; to impel; to bully into; to be compelled
- 弄x9 | Chapter Rank #461to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy withlane; alley
- 露面x2 | Chapter Rank #1996to show one's face; to appear (in public)
- 明x2 | Chapter Rank #1997Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godbright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 出走x1 | Chapter Rank #3484to leave home; to go off; to run away
- 一部分x4 | Chapter Rank #1043portion; part of; subset
- 凑x1 | Chapter Rank #3485to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
- 偷偷地x1 | Chapter Rank #3486
- 船x21 | Chapter Rank #186boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 一路顺风x2 | Chapter Rank #1998to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
- 三天x1 | Chapter Rank #3487
- 工夫x2 | Chapter Rank #1999(old) laborerperiod of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- 快x4 | Chapter Rank #1044rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 英里x9 | Chapter Rank #462mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
- 一个十七岁x1 | Chapter Rank #3488
- 带给x1 | Chapter Rank #3489to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to
- 任何人x2 | Chapter Rank #2000
- 推荐信x4 | Chapter Rank #1045recommendation letter
- 囊中x1 | Chapter Rank #3490
- 羞涩x1 | Chapter Rank #3491shy; bashful
- 出海x1 | Chapter Rank #3492to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
- 兴趣x1 | Chapter Rank #3493interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 消磨x1 | Chapter Rank #3494to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
- 殆尽x1 | Chapter Rank #3495almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- 要不然x1 | Chapter Rank #3496otherwise; or else; or
- 愿x2 | Chapter Rank #2001honest and prudent(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 偿x1 | Chapter Rank #3497to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)
- 一门x6 | Chapter Rank #705
- 自认是x1 | Chapter Rank #3498
- 熟练工x1 | Chapter Rank #3499skilled worker; journeyman
- 商x11 | Chapter Rank #354Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shangcommerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- 威廉x26 | Chapter Rank #145William or Wilhelm (name)
- 布雷x21 | Chapter Rank #187to lay mines
- 雷x6 | Chapter Rank #706surname Leithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)