Vocabulary: 谷歌的故事
- speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate
- to storm off in a huff (idiom)
- to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
- (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained
- easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune; illegal profit
- explosive; fig. shocking
- nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee
- to declare; to proclaim
- flexible; nimble; agile
- (anatomy) costal cartilage; (fig.) weak spot; weak link; vulnerability
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- to select and purchase; to buy
- parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing; on the same level; simultaneous; concurrent
- small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
- to get pregnant out of wedlock
- lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
- to dispute
- tangled and complicated (idiom)
- pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
- to recall; to revoke; to retract
- to set sth aside; to let sth lie idle; idle; unused
- to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
- (formal and deferential) to present; to submit
- to set aside; to reserve
- to restrict to; to limit
- to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
- weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
- to believe firmly
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce; backlash; negative repercussions
- to slow; to slow down (the pace of)
- (of prices etc) to rise
- to pay in advance; prepaid
- deposit; down payment
- outer space
- journey; trip
- to set out on a journey