#vocab

General words and phrases:

ave (hello)

vale/valēte (hello, goodbye, be well [singular/plural])

nōn (no, not)

sic (yes, thus)

-ne (add to the end of the first word of a question)

valēsne? (are you well? [singular])

valeō (I am well)

estne bonum? (is it good?)

bonum est (it's good)

quid est hōc? (what is this?)

id est _____ (it is _____)

nomen meum est ______ (my name is ______)

quot habēs annōs? (how many years old are you?)

annōs ______ habeō (I am ______ years old)

Verbs:

habēre (have/possess, 2nd conjugation)

vidēre (see, 2nd conjugation)

audīre (hear, 4th conjugation)

valēre (be well, 2nd conjugation)

Nouns:

liber, libri (book, 2nd declension)

mensa, -ae (table)

stilus, -i (pen)

verbum, -i (word)

Adjectives:

bonus, -a, -um (good)

magnus, -a, -um (big)

parvus, -a, -um (little)

Adverbs:

bene (well)

male (badly)

valdē (much, greatly, a lot)

latīne (in Latin)

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐥

uh-NEEL

1. To set on fire, kindle, inflame, lit. and fig.   

2. To subject to the action of fire; to alter in any way with heat; as, to ‘fire’ or bake earthenware, fure ores, vitrify or glaze a surface 

3. To burn in colours upon glass, earthenware, or metal, to enamel by encaustic process. arch.

4. a. To toughen anything, made brittle from the action of fire, by exposure to continuous and slowly diminished heat, or by other equivalent process 

b. loosely, To cool down from a great heat  

c. transf. Applied to the action of frost. rare. 

5. fig. To toughen, temper 

6. Microbiology. To combine to form double-stranded nucleic acid

thin: slender, lithe, willowy, spindly

thin and short: slight, petite

thin and tall: spidery, lanky

thin and muscular: sinewy, lean, wiry

extremely thin (sickly): gaunt, emaciated

round: rotund, portly

round and short: stout

nouns:

鬼子（おにご） = wild child, badly-behaved child; child which does not resemble its parents, changeling

心境（しんきょう） = mental state, state of mind

言霊（ことだま） = mystical power inherent in words, spirit of language

上目（うわめ）遣い（づかい） = looking up at someone (with upturned eyes), glancing upwards

駆け引き（かけひき） = tactics, strategy, maneuvering

verbs:

すがる = to cling to, hang onto; to rely on, depend on

キメる = to dress to kill, dress to the nines

盗み見る（ぬすみみる） = to steal a glance at, look furtively at

うねる = to wind (e.g., road, river, etc.), to meander; to surge, swell, roll

adjectives:

アリな = alright, acceptable, passable

過保護（かほご）な = overprotective, excessive care

adverbs/onomatopoeiae:

いずれ = in due course, eventually, one of these days

ただでさえ = even at the best of times, under normal circumstances, as it is

十中八九（じっちゅうはっく） = in eight or nine cases out of ten, in all probability

expressions:

取り付く（とりつく）島（しま）もない = left utterly helpless, having no one to turn to

〜一方（いっぽう） = keep on being ~, continuously doing ~

けしからん = outrageous, scandalous, disgraceful

虫（むし）の知らせ（しらせ） = feeling in one's bones, foreboding, premonition, gut instinct

他人（たにん）の空似（そらに） = accidental resemblance (to someone else)

それはそれで = in that case, if that's the case

Epoch -- a particular period of time in history or a person’s life

Intransigent -- refusing to agree or compromise

Beamish -- bright, cheerful, optimistic

Insouciant -- free from worry, concern, or anxiety

Veridical -- truthful

Effulgent -- shining forth brilliantly; radiant

Venetus -- having the color of the deep blue sea

Orphic -- mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding

Eldritch -- eerie; weird; spooky

Esoteric -- intended for or likely to be understood by only a select few; private; secret

Rout -- to howl as the wind; make a roaring noise

Aeonian -- eternal; everlasting

Here are some common cat types and their names in Chinese:

2-color cat - 双色猫 - shuāngsè māo Tuxedo cat - 燕尾服猫 - yàn wěi fú māo Orange cat - 橘猫 - jú māo Black cat - 黑猫 - hēi māo White cat - 白猫 - bái māo Gray cat - 灰猫 - huī māo Calico cat - 三花猫 - sān huā māo Tortoiseshell cat - 玳瑁猫 - dài mào māo Tabby cat - 虎斑猫 - hǔ bān māo Abyssinian - 阿比西尼亚猫 - ā bǐ xī ní yà māo Aegean - 爱琴海猫 - ài qín hǎi māo American Bobtail - 美国短尾猫 - měi guó duǎn wěi māo Arabian Mau - 阿拉伯猫 - ā lā bó māo Balinese - 巴厘猫 - bā lí māo Bengal - 孟加拉猫 - mèng jiā lā māo Birman - 伯曼猫 - bó màn māo British Longhair - 英国长毛猫 - yīng guó cháng máo māo British Shorthair - 英国短毛猫 - yīng guó duǎn máo māo Burmese - 缅甸猫 - miǎn diàn māo Chartreux - 沙特尔猫 - shā tè ěr māo Cornish Rex - 柯尼斯卷毛猫 - kēnísī juǎn máo māo Devon Rex - 德文卷毛猫 - dé wén juǎn máo māo