The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 10

Vocabulary

一楼

yī lóu — First floor; ground level of a building

有

yǒu — To have; there is/are

三扇

sān shàn — Three (used as counter for doors/windows)

窗户

chuāng hu — Window; an opening in a wall for light

朝向

cháo xiàng — Facing toward; oriented in a direction

庭院

tíng yuàn — Courtyard; enclosed outdoor space within a building

下面

xià miàn — Below; underneath; the lower part

一扇

yī shàn — One (window or door, using measure word)

都

dōu — All; both; entirely without exception

没有

méi yǒu — Do not have; there is not; none

总是

zǒng shì — Always; invariably; at all times

关着

guān zhe — Kept closed; in a shut state

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

但

dàn — But; however; yet; nevertheless

很

hěn — Very; quite; extremely (degree adverb)

干净

gān jìng — Clean; tidy; free from dirt or mess

然后

rán hòu — Then; afterwards; after that; subsequently

还有

hái yǒu — There is also; additionally; furthermore

一根

yī gēn — One (long thin object, measure word usage)

烟囱

yān cōng — Chimney; smoke stack on a building

通常

tōng cháng — Usually; normally; as a general rule

冒着

mào zhe — Emitting; giving off; billowing (smoke/steam)

烟

yān — Smoke; fumes rising from fire or burning

所以

suǒ yǐ — Therefore; so; as a result; consequently

一定

yī dìng — Certainly; definitely; must be the case

有人

yǒu rén — There is someone; somebody lives or exists there

住在

zhù zài — To live in; to reside at a place

那里

nà lǐ — There; that place; over there

他

tā — He; him; third person masculine pronoun

外表

wài biǎo — Outward appearance; exterior look; outer surface

有些

yǒu xiē — Somewhat; a little; rather; to some degree

不对劲

bù duì jìn — Something is wrong; feels off or abnormal

令人

lìng rén — To make people feel; causing one to feel

不快

bù kuài — Unpleasant; displeased; uncomfortable; unhappy feeling

甚至

shèn zhì — Even; going so far as; to the extent

厌恶

yàn wù — Disgust; loathing; to detest something strongly

我

wǒ — I; me; first person singular pronoun

从未

cóng wèi — Never; have never at any point in time

见过

jiàn guò — Have seen before; encountered previously

一个

yī gè — One (general measure word for people or things)

如此

rú cǐ — Such; like this; so; to this degree

人

rén — Person; human being; people in general

然而

rán ér — However; yet; but; nevertheless (formal contrast)

几乎

jī hū — Almost; nearly; hardly; on the verge of

说不清

shuō bù qīng — Cannot explain clearly; hard to articulate why

原因

yuán yīn — Reason; cause; the factor behind something

在

zài — At; in; located at a place or time

某处

mǒu chù — Somewhere; some place unspecified or uncertain

畸形

jī xíng — Deformity; malformation; abnormal physical shape

给人

gěi rén — To give people (a feeling or impression)

一种

yī zhǒng — A kind of; one type of; a sort of

强烈

qiáng liè — Strong; intense; powerful; overwhelming in degree

畸形感

jī xíng gǎn — Sense of deformity; feeling of abnormality or distortion

尽管

jǐn guǎn — Although; even though; despite the fact that

说不出

shuō bù chū — Cannot say; unable to express or articulate

具体

jù tǐ — Specific; concrete; particular; in detail

哪里

nǎ lǐ — Where; which place; what part exactly

是个

shì gè — Is a (linking subject to a noun description)

异乎寻常

yì hū xún cháng — Extraordinary; unusual; markedly different from normal

实在

shí zài — Really; truly; honestly; in actuality (emphatic)

什么

shén me — What; anything; something (question or indefinite pronoun)

特别之处

tè bié zhī chù — Anything particularly special or distinctive about it

不

bù — No; not; negation of verbs and adjectives

先生

xiān sheng — Mister; sir; gentleman; respectful male address

无从下手

wú cóng xià shǒu — No way to start; don't know where to begin

描述

miáo shù — To describe; to depict; written or verbal description

不了

bù liǎo — Cannot finish; unable to complete an action