day 23excuses and flattery
unit 3 · talking & getting alongexcuses and flattery
Spot excuses and flattery, talk about pen pals, send-offs and matchmaking, and list examples casually with 什麼 A 的 B 的.
today’s words
- 藉口 jièkǒu · excuse, pretext
- 同鄉 tóngxiāng · person from the same hometown
- 外遇 wàiyù · affair (extramarital)
- 敷衍 fūyǎn · brush off; do half-heartedly
- 接納 jiēnà · accept, take in
- 筆友 bǐyǒu · pen pal
- 口吻 kǒuwěn · tone (of voice or writing)
- 拍馬屁 pāimǎpì · suck up, flatter
- 腔調 qiāngdiào · accent, intonation; tone
- 說笑 shuōxiào · chat and joke
- 後輩 hòubèi · junior, younger generation
- 生人 shēngrén · stranger
- 吵嘴 chǎozuǐ · bicker, squabble
- 辭行 cíxíng · say goodbye before a journey
- 撮合 cuòhé · bring together, matchmake
- 歡送 huānsòng · send off (with a party)
- 來客 láikè · visitor, customer
- 鄰里 línlǐ · neighbourhood, neighbours
- 時光 shíguāng · time, days (of one’s life)
- 成效 chéngxiào · effect, results
- 抽象 chōuxiàng · abstract
- 搭配 dāpèi · match, pair, combine
sentences
- 什麼洗碗的、倒垃圾的，都是我在做。 · Washing up, taking out the rubbish: it’s all me.
- 什麼工作忙的、要應酬的，都是藉口。 · Busy at work, business dinners: they’re all excuses.
- 別再敷衍我了，說實話吧。 · Stop fobbing me off and tell me the truth.
- 小黑怕生人，有客人來就躲到床底下。 · Xiaohei is scared of strangers: when guests come, he hides under the bed.
- 大家一邊吃一邊說笑，時光過得真快。 · We ate, chatted and laughed, and the time flew by.