day 27getting things ready

getting things ready

Get things ready and set out (place, match, prepare), use written 與 (and, with) and say 早就……了 (long ago, already).

today’s words

• 擺 bǎi · put, place, lay out
• 配 pèi · match, go with
• 顧 gù · look after, mind
• 盡 jìn · do your utmost, use up
• 碰到 pèngdào · run into, come across
• 經 jīng · after, through (formal)
• 預備 yùbèi · get ready, prepare
• 碰上 pèngshàng · run into (by chance)
• 醒來 xǐnglái · wake up
• 助 zhù · help (formal)
• 走走 zǒuzǒu · take a stroll
• 作 zuò · do, make (in set phrases)
• 直到 zhídào · until
• 重視 zhòngshì · value, take seriously
• 與 yǔ · and, with (written)
• 到底 dàodǐ · on earth, after all; to the end
• 改天 gǎitiān · another day, some other time
• 牆 qiáng · wall

sentences

• 我早就把東西準備好了。 · I got everything ready ages ago.
• 我們把沙發擺在牆旁邊吧。 · Let’s put the sofa against the wall.
• 你到底什麼時候搬家？ · So when are you actually moving?
• 這件事你自己作決定吧。 · You decide this one yourself.
• 今天太忙了，我們改天再去走走。 · Today’s too busy: let’s go for a stroll another day.