Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì Level 3 - Page 20

it's meal time; start to serve meals; start to eat (meal)

open one's mouth; start to talk; make a cutting edge

raise the curtain; open; start; inaugurate

set up; open up; provide; offer

boiled water; boiling water

work overtime or study at night; burn the midnight oil

publication; periodical; journal; magazine

guard; keep under surveillance; look after; tend

express objection; remonstrate; protest; objection

inspect; investigate; observe and study; research

test and prove; test; try; trial

get close to; draw near; approach

science and technology

popular science; science popularization

shell; hull; carapace; shuck

exactly; right; cannot agree more; tell me about it

it is thus obvious that; we can see that; it shows that

it happened that; by a happy coincidence

regrettable; it's a pity that; it's too bad that

laughable; ridiculous; absurd; funny

be practicable; be feasible; be viable

long for; yearn for; thirst for; hanker for

guest; visitor; passenger; customer; client

objectivity; objective

living room; drawing room; parlor

class; classroom; schoolroom

pit; hole; hollow; entrap; cheat; bury alive

air force

fearful; horrifying; horrible; terrifying; terrible

vacate; leave empty or blank; vacant; unoccupied

manner of speaking; tone; connotation; implication

oral test; oral examination

oral; spoken; verbal

withered; shriveled; faded; wilted; dried-up

hollow; hole; cavity; loophole; flaw

praise; laud; commend; overstate; exaggerate; boast

collapse; fall; break down

fast food; quick meal; snack

cheerful; happy; merry

wide; broad

entertain cordially; treat cordially

basket

overbearing; mad; wild; violent; unconstrained

fierce wind; gale; force 10 gale

ore; galena; iron pyrites

in addition; moreover; besides

insect; hexapod

wide; broad; vast; rich; wealthy; extravagant

trumpet; horn; suona horn; loudspeaker; speaker

candle