Vocabulary: 第四封信 致英格兰萨维尔夫人
from 弗兰肯斯坦
- 自己x6 | Chapter Rank #68oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 陆地x2 | Chapter Rank #205dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- 几百英里x1 | Chapter Rank #376
- 幽灵x1 | Chapter Rank #377specter; apparition; ghost
- 却x6 | Chapter Rank #69but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 表明x1 | Chapter Rank #378to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- 并x3 | Chapter Rank #132and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不如x1 | Chapter Rank #379not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 所x6 | Chapter Rank #70actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 猜想x1 | Chapter Rank #380to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- 那么x5 | Chapter Rank #80like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 遥远x1 | Chapter Rank #381distant; remote
- 可是x1 | Chapter Rank #382but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- 仔细x1 | Chapter Rank #383careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- 地x14 | Chapter Rank #25-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunctearth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 他的x16 | Chapter Rank #20
- 足迹x1 | Chapter Rank #384footprint; track; spoor
- 跟踪x1 | Chapter Rank #385to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking
- 以后x2 | Chapter Rank #206after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #386two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 小时x2 | Chapter Rank #207hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 听见x3 | Chapter Rank #133to hear
- 海啸x1 | Chapter Rank #387tsunami
- 天x3 | Chapter Rank #134day; sky; heaven
- 还x10 | Chapter Rank #37still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to returnsurname Huan
- 没x2 | Chapter Rank #208(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 黑x1 | Chapter Rank #388short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- 冰层x2 | Chapter Rank #209
- 破裂x1 | Chapter Rank #389to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
- 解放x1 | Chapter Rank #390to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949; CL:次[ci4]
- 不过x4 | Chapter Rank #101only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 敢动x1 | Chapter Rank #391
- 怕x2 | Chapter Rank #210to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhapssurname Pa
- 黑暗x1 | Chapter Rank #392dark; darkly; darkness
- 里x9 | Chapter Rank #41lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 撞x1 | Chapter Rank #393to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
- 因为x6 | Chapter Rank #71because; owing to; on account of
- 化x1 | Chapter Rank #394to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- 挪移x1 | Chapter Rank #395
- 大x3 | Chapter Rank #135big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- 冰山x1 | Chapter Rank #396iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4]
- 利用x2 | Chapter Rank #211to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- 段时间x1 | Chapter Rank #397
- 休息x4 | Chapter Rank #102rest; to rest
- 几个x1 | Chapter Rank #398a few; several; how many
- 早晨x1 | Chapter Rank #399early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
- 刚x2 | Chapter Rank #212(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 蒙蒙亮x1 | Chapter Rank #400dawn; the first glimmer of light
- 就x21 | Chapter Rank #13(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 甲板x5 | Chapter Rank #81deck (of a ship or boat)