Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- conditioned reflex
- second; number two; next; secondary
- palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
- upon seeing this, ...; in response, ...
- cart driver; coachman
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- hump or hunchbacked; camel
- to move; to shift; to move out of the way; to divert (money etc) to a different purpose
- to dodge; to sidestep
- bodyguard
- as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede
- to press hard; to close in on
- beginning student
- equivalent to
- firecracker
- to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- 蓬 Péng: 蓬 Peng2: surname Peng蓬 péng: 蓬 peng2: fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
- straight away; right off the bat; right on the head; right in the face
- 扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
- incantation; spell; enchantment; curse
- tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- to curse (at sb); to call sb names
- vernacular; slang; dialect; patois
- continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive
- squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient
- to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- chin
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc