Chinese Vocabulary Power (T97-29)
Vocabulary Cards: 27
- 1.
- pertinent
- apropos
- 2.
- to put to the torch (idiom)
- to commit to the flames
- to burn sth down deliberately
- 5.
- hanging rings (gymnastics)
- 8.
- to observe sb's words and gestures (idiom, from Analects)
- to examine words and moods for a clue as to sb's thoughts
- mind reading
- 10.
- thousands upon thousands
- lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
- untold numbers
- innumerable
- 13.
- outline
- frame
- framework
- fig. pattern
- organizing plan
- 14.
- eternal life
- 15.
- full of
- to contain
- imbued with
- to have one's heart filled with
- one's breast (the seat of emotions)
- pregnant (of farm animals)
- heavy with young
- 17.
- wickerwork
- 20.
- chopped onion
- 21.
- disaster relief
- 22.
- stumble
- stagger
- totter
- 23.
- widely different
- utterly different
- 24.
- homesickness
- 25.
- huge money
- extremely rich
- very expensive
- 27.
- supervisor
- foreman
- head waiter or waitress