The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself — Page 7

Vocabulary

册

cè — Volume or booklet; a bound publication.

先生

xiānsheng — Mister; polite title for an adult man.

国会

guóhuì — Parliament or Congress; national legislative body.

议员

yìyuán — Member of parliament; elected legislative representative.

医学

yīxué — Medicine; the science of diagnosing and treating disease.

博士

bóshì — Doctor; holder of the highest academic degree.

牧师

mùshī — Pastor or reverend; ordained Christian clergy member.

夫人

fūren — Madam or Mrs.; respectful title for a married woman.

尊贵

zūnguì — Honorable or noble; deserving great respect and esteem.

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification.

伯爵

bójué — Earl or count; a noble title of high rank.

至尊

zhìzūn — Most venerable; supreme in status or authority.

主教

zhǔjiào — Bishop; senior Christian clergy overseeing a diocese.

大人

dàren — Your Lordship; honorific for a person of high rank.

杨

Yáng — Young or Yang; a Chinese or Western surname.

目录

mùlù — Table of contents; an organized list of topics.

第

dì — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'the nth'.

一

yī — One; the first number in counting.

章

zhāng — Chapter; a major section of a book.

作者

zuòzhě — Author; person who writes a literary work.

对

duì — Toward; preposition indicating direction of action.

其

qí — His, her, its; third-person possessive pronoun.

故乡

gùxiāng — Hometown; the place where one was born and raised.

描述

miáoshù — To describe; give a detailed account of something.

包括

bāokuò — To include; to encompass certain items or elements.

当地

dāngdì — Local; relating to a particular place or region.

风俗

fēngsú — Customs; traditional practices of a community or place.

习惯

xíguàn — Habit or custom; a regular practice or behavior.

等

děng — Etc.; used at end of list meaning 'and so on'.

二

èr — Two; the second number, used as chapter marker.

出生

chūshēng — Birth; the event of being born into the world.

与

yǔ — And; conjunction linking two nouns or phrases.

家世

jiāshì — Family background; one's ancestral lineage and heritage.

他

tā — He or him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.

姐妹

jiěmèi — Sisters; female siblings collectively.

一同

yītóng — Together; doing something at the same time jointly.

被

bèi — Passive marker; indicates the subject receives an action.

拐卖

guǎimài — To abduct and sell; traffick a person illegally.

奴隶

núlì — Slave; a person owned and controlled by another.

船

chuán — Ship or boat; a watercraft for transportation.

上

shàng — On or aboard; indicating location on a surface.

恐怖

kǒngbù — Terror or horror; causing extreme fear or dread.

经历

jīnglì — Experience; events one has personally lived through.

三

sān — Three; the third number, used as chapter marker.

带往

dài wǎng — To take to; transport someone to a destination.

抵达

dǐdá — To arrive at; reach a destination after traveling.

英格兰

Yīnggélán — England; the largest country within Great Britain.

一场

yī chǎng — One occurrence of an event, like a storm or game.

降雪

jiàngxuě — Snowfall; the falling of snow from the sky.

惊奇

jīngqí — Amazement; feeling of surprise and wonder at something.

四

sì — Four; the fourth number, used as chapter marker.

关于

guānyú — About or regarding; concerning a particular topic.

海军

hǎijūn — Navy; the branch of armed forces operating at sea.

上将

shàngjiàng — Admiral or general; a high-ranking military officer.

之间

zhījiān — Between; in the space or relationship separating two things.

著名

zhùmíng — Famous; well known and recognized by many people.

交战

jiāozhàn — To engage in battle; fighting between opposing forces.

详细

xiángxì — Detailed; thorough and containing many specific particulars.

记述

jìshù — Account or narrative; a written description of events.

五

wǔ — Five; the fifth number, used as chapter marker.

各种

gèzhǒng — Various kinds; different types or varieties of things.

引人注目

yǐn rén zhù mù — Eye-catching; attracting people's attention remarkably.

压迫

yāpò — Oppression; unjust use of power to control others.

残暴

cánbào — Brutal; cruel and violent without mercy or compassion.

敲诈勒索

qiāozhà lèsuǒ — Extortion; obtaining money through threats or blackmail.

之

zhī — Possessive or linking particle in classical Chinese writing.

事例

shìlì — Example or case; a specific instance illustrating a point.

六

liù — Six; the sixth number, used as chapter marker.

处境

chǔjìng — Situation or circumstances; the conditions one finds oneself in.

有利

yǒulì — Favorable or advantageous; beneficial to one's interests.

转变

zhuǎnbiàn — To transform or shift; change from one state to another.

以

yǐ — With or by means of; using something as a starting point.

便士

biànshì — Penny; British coin of small denomination.

起家

qǐjiā — To start from scratch; build success from humble beginnings.

经商

jīngshāng — To engage in trade; conduct business for profit.

七

qī — Seven; the seventh number, used as chapter marker.

西印度群岛

Xī Yìndù Qúndǎo — West Indies; Caribbean island group in the Atlantic.

厌恶

yànwù — Disgust or loathing; strong feeling of dislike.

谋划

móuhuà — To plan or scheme; deliberate plotting toward a goal.

获取

huòqǔ — To obtain or acquire; successfully getting something desired.

自由

zìyóu — Freedom or liberty; state of being free from constraints.

策

cè — Strategy or plan; a method devised to achieve goals.

八

bā — Eight; the eighth number, used as chapter marker.

三个

sān gè — Three; quantity of three objects or instances.

非同寻常

fēi tóng xúncháng — Extraordinary; remarkably different from the ordinary norm.

梦境

mèngjìng — Dream world; the scenario or setting experienced in dreams.

在

zài — At or in; indicates location where something occurs.

浅滩

qiǎntān — Shoal or shallow bank; dangerously shallow area in water.

遭遇

zāoyù — To encounter; meet with an unexpected situation or event.

船难

chuánnàn — Shipwreck; disaster in which a vessel is destroyed at sea.

九

jiǔ — Nine; the ninth number, used as chapter marker.