The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 — Page 5

Vocabulary

他

tā — Third person singular pronoun: he, him

那

nà — Demonstrative pronoun or adjective: that

双

shuāng — A pair of; both; double

般

bān — Like; similar to; of that kind

锐利

ruì lì — Sharp; keen; piercing (eyes or mind)

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

眼睛

yǎn jīng — Eyes; the organs of sight

立刻

lì kè — Immediately; at once; right away

发现

fā xiàn — To discover or find something; a discovery

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or new situation

封

fēng — Measure word for letters; to seal

信

xìn — Letter; mail; written correspondence

辨认

biàn rèn — To identify or recognize something carefully

出

chū — Resultative complement indicating successful completion

收信人

shōu xìn rén — Addressee; the recipient of a letter

地址

dì zhǐ — Address; location written for correspondence

笔迹

bǐ jì — Handwriting; the style of someone's writing

察觉

chá jué — To sense or detect something subtle

到

dào — Resultative complement: to reach or achieve

慌乱

huāng luàn — Flustered and confused; in a panic

神情

shén qíng — Facial expression; look; demeanor

并

bìng — And; moreover; simultaneously

洞悉

dòng xī — To thoroughly understand or see through clearly

她

tā — Third person singular feminine pronoun: she, her

秘密

mì mì — Secret; confidential information; mystery

在

zài — At; in; located at; to be present

以

yǐ — With; using; by means of

惯常

guàn cháng — Habitual; customary; usual manner

方式

fāng shì — Method; way; manner of doing something

匆匆

cōng cōng — Hurriedly; hastily; in a rush

处理

chǔ lǐ — To handle, deal with, or process something

完

wán — Resultative complement: to finish; to complete

一些

yī xiē — Some; a few; a certain amount

公务

gōng wù — Official business; public affairs; government duties

之后

zhī hòu — After; afterwards; following that

取出

qǔ chū — To take out; to retrieve something

一封

yī fēng — One letter; a single piece of mail

与

yǔ — And; with; together with

颇为

pō wéi — Quite; rather; considerably

相似

xiāng sì — Similar; resembling; alike

信件

xìn jiàn — Letters; correspondence; written mail

将

jiāng — To take; about to; used before an object

其

qí — It; its; that; third person pronoun

打开

dǎ kāi — To open; to unfold something

假装

jiǎ zhuāng — To pretend; to feign; to act as if

阅读

yuè dú — To read; to peruse written material

然后

rán hòu — Then; after that; subsequently

紧靠

jǐn kào — Close against; right next to; adjacent

着

zhe — Particle indicating ongoing state or action

放置

fàng zhì — To place; to put down; to set somewhere

又

yòu — Again; also; in addition

就

jiù — Then; regarding; with respect to

公共

gōng gòng — Public; communal; shared by all

事务

shì wù — Affairs; matters; business; affairs to handle

交谈

jiāo tán — To converse; to chat; to talk together

约莫

yuē mō — Approximately; about; roughly (time or quantity)

十五

shí wǔ — Fifteen; the number 15

分钟

fēn zhōng — Minute; a unit of time (60 seconds)

最终

zuì zhōng — Finally; ultimately; in the end

告辞

gào cí — To take one's leave; to say goodbye formally

之际

zhī jì — At the time of; on the occasion of

顺手

shùn shǒu — Conveniently; in passing; while at it

从

cóng — From; since; following (a source or origin)

桌上

zhuō shàng — On the table; atop the desk

取走

qǔ zǒu — To take away; to carry off something

本

běn — Originally belonging to; this very (emphatic)

不

bù — No; not; negation of verbs and adjectives

属于

shǔ yú — To belong to; to be the property of

合法

hé fǎ — Legal; lawful; legitimate

主人

zhǔ rén — Owner; master; host; rightful possessor

看

kàn — To look; to watch; to see

眼里

yǎn lǐ — In one's eyes; within someone's sight

却

què — Yet; but; however (contrast conjunction)

当然

dāng rán — Of course; naturally; certainly

不敢

bù gǎn — Dare not; not bold enough to do

声张

shēng zhāng — To make public; to speak out; to disclose

因为

yīn wèi — Because; due to; for the reason that

那位

nà wèi — That person (polite); that individual

第三者

dì sān zhě — Third party; a third person present

站

zhàn — To stand; to be standing upright

身旁

shēn páng — By one's side; beside someone

被劫

bèi jié — To be robbed; to have been plundered

每天

měi tiān — Every day; daily

都

dōu — All; both; every (universal adverb)

愈发

yù fā — Even more; increasingly; all the more

深切

shēn qiē — Deeply; profoundly; keenly felt

地

de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb

意识到

yì shí dào — To become aware of; to realize something

追回

zhuī huí — To recover; to get back; to retrieve

必要性

bì yào xìng — Necessity; the quality of being essential

但

dàn — But; however; yet (contrasting conjunction)

此事

cǐ shì — This matter; this affair; this issue

自然

zì rán — Naturally; of course; nature

不能

bù néng — Cannot; must not; be unable to

公开

gōng kāi — Publicly; openly; to make known

进行

jìn xíng — To carry out; to proceed with; to conduct