Intermediate Phrases - Youtube 2 Flashcards by Chad W

要是我坐了那架飞机的话，我现在早就死了。

If I had taken the plane, I would be dead now.

架jià
1 to support
2 frame
3 rack
4 framework
5 classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

sǐ 死
1 to die
2 impassable
3 uncrossable
4 inflexible
5 rigid
6 extremely
7 damned

MANDARIN
sǐ
DEFINITION
die; dead; death

早就 zǎojiù already at an earlier time

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早就

zǎojiù

already at an earlier time

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我们承诺万一他有麻烦的时候支持他

麻烦 máfan

1 trouble; inconvenience
2 inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
3 to bother sb; to put sb to trouble

He promised to stand by him in case of trouble.

承诺 - chéngnuò
1 to promise
2 to undertake to do something
3 commitment

万一 wànyī
1 just in case
2 if by any chance
3 contingency

支持 - zhīchí

1 to be in favor of
2 to support
3 to back
4 support
5 backing
6 to stand by

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支持

zhīchí

1 to be in favor of
2 to support
3 to back
4 support
5 backing
6 to stand by

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承诺

chéngnuò

1 to promise
2 to undertake to do something
3 commitment

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我用了比我预期更长的时间完成了作业

预期 yùqī
1 to expect
2 to anticipate

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预期

yùqī

1 to expect
2 to anticipate

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半途而废是最糟糕的事情

to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半途而废 bàntú’érfèi

Leaving some thing unfinished is the worst thing you can do

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他家在一座山的山脚下

Her house is at the foot of a mountain

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一个好的厨师不会丢掉昨天的汤

A good cook doesn’t throw out yesterday’s soup.

tāng 汤 soup

Throw out diūdiào 丢掉

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山顶上空气稀薄

The air is thin at the top of a high mountain.

xībó 稀薄。
1 thin
2 rarefied

dǐng 顶

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他真希望他昨晚去了剧场

He wishes he had gone to the theater last night.

剧场 jǜchǎng theater

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我不想被牵扯到这件事里

qiānchě 牵扯。
1 to involve
2 to implicate
3 to be interrelated

I don’t want to be involved in that matter.

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我想看看您的邮票收藏

I would like to have a look at your collection of stamps.

shōucáng 收藏

1 to hoard
2 to collect
3 collection
4 to bookmark (Internet)

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shōucáng

1 to hoard
2 to collect
3 collection
4 to bookmark (Internet)

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我们觉得很惊讶老虎队竟然输掉了比赛

The Tigers lost the game, which was a surprise to us.

觉得 juéde -
1 to think that …; to feel that …
2 to feel (uncomfortable etc)

jīngyà 惊讶 -
1 amazed
2 astonished
3 to surprise
4 amazing
5 astonishment
6 awe

竟然 jìngrán -
1 unexpectedly
2 to one’s surprise
3 in spite of everything
4 in that crazy way
5 actually
6 to go as far as to
shūdiào 输掉 - to lose

比赛 bǐsài -
1 competition (sports etc)
2 match
M: chǎng [场] / cì [次]

3 to compete

我不敢相信你父母会让你自己一个人过来

I can’t believe your parents let you come here by yourself.

相信 xiāngxìn - to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true

敢。gǎn
1 to dare
2 daring
3 (polite) may I venture

MANDARIN
gǎn
DEFINITION
to dare, venture; bold, brave

我父亲太忙，不能去散步

My father is too busy to take a walk.

她唱歌唱的比班上任何人都好

She can sing better than anybody else in her class.

班上 - (in the) class

任何 rènhé -
1 any
2 whatever
3 whichever
4 whatsoever

英语是当今世界上一种非常重要的语言

English is a very important language in today’s world.

当今 dāngjīn -
1 current
2 present
3 now
4 nowadays

我确定我能给你找点事做

I’m sure I can find something for you to do.

确定 quèdìng -
1 definite
2 certain
3 fixed
4 to fix (on sth)
5 to determine
6 to be sure
7 to ensure
8 to make certain
9 to ascertain
10 to clinch
11 to recognize
12 to confirm
13 OK (on computer dialog box)

我尽力追赶他

尽力 jìnlì -
1 to strive one’s hardest
2 to spare no effort

I ram as fast as possible to catch up with him.

他昨天抓住的鱼一直还活着

The fish he caught yesterday is still alive.

一直 yìzhí -
1 straight (in a straight line)
2 continuously; always; all the way through

抓//住 zhuāzhù - to grab hold of; to capture

你觉得这事儿是谁干的

Do you have any idea who would do this?

伊斯兰教大约在七世纪

Islam first reached China about the middle of the 7th century. 伊斯兰教 - Islam, yīsīlánjiào 大约 - dàyuē 1 approximately 2 probably 世纪 shìjì - century

我要回房间了，在哪人我可以学习

I am going to my room, where I can study. huí

山上的老教堂的历史可以追溯到 12 世纪

The old church on the hill dates back to the 12th century. 历史 - lìshǐ - history 教堂 - jiàotáng - church shìjì

在哪人看报纸的男人是我叔叔

报纸 - bàozhī 叔叔 shūshu

我理所当然的认为他会履行诺言

I took it for granted that he would keep word. 理所当然 - 1 as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course 2 inevitable and right 认为 - to believe; to think; to consider; to feel 履行 - 1 to fulfill (one's obligations) 2 to carry out (a task) 3 to implement (an agreement) 4 to perform 诺言 - nuòyán - promise

如果你不能来，你该让我提前知道

If you can’t come, you should let me know ahead of time. 提前 - tíqián - 1 to shift to an earlier date 2 to do sth ahead of time 3 in advance

我想为你今天所做的事感谢你

I want to thank you for what you did today. 为 wèi - 1 because of 2 for 3 to MANDARIN wèi (or wéi) DEFINITION do, handle, govern, act; be 所 suǒ - 1 actually 2 place 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4 that which 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: gè [个] MANDARIN suǒ DEFINITION place, location; numerary adjunct 感谢 gǎnxiè - 1 (express) thanks 2 gratitude 3 grateful 4 thankful 5 thanks

他们想在埃菲尔铁塔前面拍张结婚照

They wanted a wedding picture in front of the Eiffel Tower. àifēiěrtiětǎ 结婚照 jiéhūnzhào - 拍 pāi - 1 to pat 2 to clap 3 to slap 4 to swat 5 to take (a photo) 6 to shoot (a film) 7 racket (sports) 8 beat (music) MANDARIN pāi (or bó) DEFINITION clap, tap, beat; beat or rhythm 结婚 jiē//hūn - wedding

牵扯

qiānchě 1 to involve 2 to implicate 3 to be interrelated

牵

qiān 1 to lead along 2 to pull (an animal on a tether) 3 (bound form) to involve 4 to draw in MANDARIN qiān DEFINITION drag, pull, lead by hand

扯

chě 1 to pull 2 to tear 3 (of cloth, thread etc) to buy 4 to chat 5 to gossip 6 (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous 7 hokey HZ 扯〔撦〕 1 variant of chě [扯] 2 to pull 3 to tear MANDARIN chě (or che) DEFINITION rip up, tear down; raise; haul