Chinese Vocabulary Power (T22-9)
Vocabulary Cards: 23
- 1.
- housewife
- woman of senior authority in a household
- the lady of the house
- hostess
- 2.
- to keep sth confidential
- to maintain secrecy
- 3.
- 4.
- original works
- original text
- original author
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- to feel sorry for a person over sth that should have happened
- 10.
- to campaign for votes
- to ask voters for support
- 11.
- it is said
- according to reports
- allegedly
- or so they say
- 12.
- 13.
- Martial art
- military achievement (e.g. number of enemy heads cut off)
- 14.
- Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
- 15.
- to come to an end
- to die out
- to extinguish
- to wither away
- to quench
- to put out (fire)
- to stop burning
- to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
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- 17.
- to grind one's teeth (during sleep)
- pointless arguing
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- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- cord
- string
- rope
- 22.
- 23.
- intimate
- to press close to
- to snuggle close
