Chinese Vocabulary Power (S98-9)
Vocabulary Cards: 23
- 1.
- to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
- fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
- to crib
- to ape
- to plagiarize
- 3.
- zoological
- zoology
- 5.
- to shout and scream (idiom)
- to kick up a fuss
- to make a scene
- 6.
- be worthy of
- not to let sb down
- to treat sb fairly
- 7.
- calm
- unruffled
- 8.
- to equivocate
- lit. (of road) winding and turning (idiom)
- to beat about the bush
- to speak in a roundabout way
- 10.
- to gesticulate
- to make lively gestures (while talking)
- also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
- 14.
- cable
- hawser
- mooring rope
- 16.
- to bribe
- to give bribes
- 22.
- to fall rapidly
- to plummet
- 23.
- high trestle bridge
- viaduct
- fly-over