The night train home

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 腊月
  làyuè

  twelfth lunar month

• 车厢
  chēxiāng

  carriage

• 过道
  guòdào

  passageway; corridor; aisle

• 疲惫
  píbèi

  beaten; exhausted; tired

• 兴奋
  xīngfèn

  excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation

• 列车
  lièchē

  (railway) train

• 缓缓
  huǎnhuǎn

  slowly; unhurriedly; little by little

• 车轮
  chēlún

  wheel

• 招呼
  zhāohu

  to call out to; to greet; to say hello to

• 掏
  tāo

  to fish out (from pocket); to scoop

• 剥
  bāo

  to peel; to skin; to shell

• 花生
  huāshēng

  peanut

• 塞
  sāi

  to plug; to stop up; a stopper

• 弥漫
  mímàn

  to pervade; to fill the air

• 陌生
  mòshēng

  strange; unfamiliar

• 乘客
  chéngkè

  passenger

• 仿佛
  fǎngfú

  as if; seemingly; alike

• 自言自语
  zìyán-zìyǔ

  (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud

• 踏实
  tāshi

  firmly-based; steady; steadfast

• 玻璃
  bōli

  glass

• 似乎
  sìhū

  it seems; seemingly

• 除夕
  chúxī

  lunar New Year's Eve

• 奔波
  bēnbō

  to rush about; to be constantly on the move

• 短信
  duǎnxìn

  text message; SMS

• 委屈
  wěiqu

  wronged; aggrieved; sense of being wronged

• 映
  yìng

  to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

• 渐渐
  jiànjiàn

  gradually

• 竟然
  jìngrán

  unexpectedly; in spite of everything; in that crazy way

• 薄
  báo

  thin; cold in manner; indifferent

• 广播
  guǎngbō

  to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize

• 顿时
  dùnshí

  immediately; suddenly

• 围巾
  wéijīn

  scarf; shawl

• 脚步
  jiǎobù

  footstep; step

• 埋怨
  mányuàn

  to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach

• 心疼
  xīnténg

  to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret

• 涌
  yǒng

  to well up; to gush forth

• 不由得
  bùyóude

  can't help; cannot but

• 分明
  fēnmíng

  clear; distinct; evidently

• 忽高忽低
  hūgāo-hūdī

  alternately soaring and plunging

• 一身
  yīshēn

  whole body; from head to toe; single person

The lesson’s grammar

• 一身本领, 一团和气: number + measure word + abstract noun

  一 + 身 / 团 / 肚子 / 脸 / 股 + abstract noun

• 忽A忽B, 时A时B: now A, now B

  忽 + A + 忽 + B ｜ 时 + A + 时 + B

• 连A带B: doing A and B all at once

  连 + V1 + 带 + V2

• 非A非B: neither A nor B

  非 + A + 非 + B

• 不由得: can't help (doing), involuntarily

  Subject + 不由得 + reaction verb

• 分明: plainly, evidently (against what follows)

  Subject + 分明 + V / 是……，却 / 怎么 / 可 + contradiction