day 29fixing up the flat
unit 4 · family & homefixing up the flat
Deal with a burst pipe and talk about repairs, renovation and light, knitting and weaving, and give credit with 多虧……(不然)…….
today’s words
- 梳 shū · comb
- 燈火 dēnghuǒ · lights
- 管子 guǎnzi · pipe, tube
- 棍子 gùnzi · stick, rod
- 套房 tàofáng · studio flat; en-suite room
- 容器 róngqì · container
- 修補 xiūbǔ · mend, patch up
- 編織 biānzhī · weave, knit
- 包袱 bāofú · bundle; burden
- 沐浴 mùyù · bathe; be immersed
- 柄 bǐng · handle
- 採光 cǎiguāng · natural light (of a room)
- 把手 bǎshǒu · handle, knob
- 翻新 fānxīn · renovate, refurbish
- 擴建 kuòjiàn · extend (a building)
- 織 zhī · weave, knit
- 封閉 fēngbì · closed (off), shut in
- 排除 páichú · rule out, eliminate
- 融合 rónghé · blend, fuse
- 推測 tuīcè · infer, guess
- 轉移 zhuǎnyí · shift, move
- 多虧 duōkuī · thanks to, luckily
sentences
- 多虧大衛反應快，不然廚房就變成游泳池了。 · Thanks to David’s quick thinking, the kitchen didn’t turn into a swimming pool.
- 多虧鄰居幫忙，不然我們搬不完。 · Thanks to the neighbours, we got it all moved: we’d never have managed alone.
- 我們的客廳採光很好，白天不用開燈。 · Our living room gets plenty of light: no need for lamps in the day.
- 美玲在織一件毛衣，要送給奶奶。 · Meiling is knitting a jumper for Grandma.
- 這個容器的柄壞了。 · The handle on this container is broken.