Vocabulary: ［第二部］
from 富兰克林自传
- 缠身x1 | Chapter Rank #1487(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
- 漂洋过海x1 | Chapter Rank #1488
- 出差x1 | Chapter Rank #1489to go on an official or business trip
- 彻底x1 | Chapter Rank #1490thorough; thoroughly; complete
- 放弃x3 | Chapter Rank #358to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 随身带x1 | Chapter Rank #1491
- 劳神x1 | Chapter Rank #1492to be a tax on (one's mind); to bother; to trouble; to be concerned
- 犯难x1 | Chapter Rank #1493to feel embarrassed; to feel awkward
- 行得通x1 | Chapter Rank #1494practicable; realizable; will work
- 工x1 | Chapter Rank #1495work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- 老板x1 | Chapter Rank #1496Robam (brand)boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 严格遵守x1 | Chapter Rank #1497
- 满x1 | Chapter Rank #1498to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contentedManchu ethnic group
- 打交道x1 | Chapter Rank #1499to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 接待x1 | Chapter Rank #1500to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
- 生意人x1 | Chapter Rank #1501
- 人家x2 | Chapter Rank #625household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- 张x1 | Chapter Rank #1502surname Zhangto open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 归位x1 | Chapter Rank #1503to put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position; to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
- 相关x2 | Chapter Rank #626related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation
- 难如登天x1 | Chapter Rank #1504
- 早先x1 | Chapter Rank #1505previously; before
- 章法x2 | Chapter Rank #627
- 忆x1 | Chapter Rank #1506to recollect; to remember; memory
- 力x1 | Chapter Rank #1507surname Lipower; force; strength; ability; strenuously
- 惊人x1 | Chapter Rank #1508astonishing
- 意识x1 | Chapter Rank #1509consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- 不到x4 | Chapter Rank #247not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- 缺少x2 | Chapter Rank #628lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- 带来x1 | Chapter Rank #1510to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 不便x1 | Chapter Rank #1511inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash
- 叫x2 | Chapter Rank #629to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- 费心x1 | Chapter Rank #1512to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)
- 留神x1 | Chapter Rank #1513to take care; to be careful
- 伤透x1 | Chapter Rank #1514to break (sb's heart); to cause grief to
- 脑筋x1 | Chapter Rank #1515brains; mind; head; way of thinking
- 犯x1 | Chapter Rank #1516to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- 窝心x1 | Chapter Rank #1517aggrieved; dejected; (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc; to feel gratified; to feel warm inside
- 改进x1 | Chapter Rank #1518to improve; to make better; improvement
- 十分x2 | Chapter Rank #630very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 有限x1 | Chapter Rank #1519limited; finite
- 屡x1 | Chapter Rank #1520time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 改x1 | Chapter Rank #1521to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 屡犯x1 | Chapter Rank #1522
- 以致x1 | Chapter Rank #1523to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- 几乎x1 | Chapter Rank #1524almost; nearly; practically
- 准备x2 | Chapter Rank #631preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 知难而退x1 | Chapter Rank #1525lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- 抱残守缺x1 | Chapter Rank #1526to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative; stickler for tradition
- 安于现状x1 | Chapter Rank #1527to take things as they are (idiom); to leave a situation as it is; to be happy with the status quo