The night before demo day

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 凌晨
  língchén

  very early in the morning; in the wee hours

• 投资
  tóuzī

  investment; to invest

• 演示
  yǎnshì

  to demonstrate; to show; presentation

• 崩溃
  bēngkuì

  to collapse; to crumble

• 响
  xiǎng

  echo; sound; noise

• 不停
  bù tíng

  incessant

• 困
  kùn

  hard-pressed; stranded; destitute

• 睁
  zhēng

  to open (one's eyes)

• 熬
  áo

  to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to endure

• 累
  lèi

  tired; weary; to strain

• 抬
  tái

  to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry

• 撑
  chēng

  to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole

• 拉
  lā

  to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag

• 到处
  dàochù

  everywhere

• 辛苦
  xīnkǔ

  exhausting; hard; tough

• 画面
  huàmiàn

  scene; tableau; picture

• 漏洞
  lòudòng

  leak; hole; gap

• 一旦
  yīdàn

  in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...)

• 反正
  fǎnzhèng

  anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side

• 现场
  xiànchǎng

  the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot

• 心血
  xīnxuè

  heart's blood; expenditure (for some project)

• 调
  tiáo

  to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend

• 砍
  kǎn

  to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb

• 舍不得
  shěbude

  to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge

• 来不及
  láibují

  there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late

• 不得不
  bùdébù

  have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to

• 趴
  pā

  to lie on one's stomach

• 要命
  yàomìng

  to cause sb's death; extremely; terribly

• 盖
  gài

  to cover; to conceal; to build

• 报纸
  bàozhǐ

  newspaper; newsprint

• 凑合
  còuhe

  to bring together; to make do in a bad situation

• 寄
  jì

  to entrust; to place in sb's care; to depend on

• 居然
  jūrán

  unexpectedly; go so far as to; to one's surprise

• 通过
  tōngguò

  by means of; through; to pass through

• 奇迹
  qíjì

  miracle; wonder

• 简直
  jiǎnzhí

  simply; really

• 何必
  hébì

  there is no need; why should

• 兴奋
  xīngfèn

  excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation

• 痛快
  tòngkuài

  delighted; straightforward; to one's heart's content

• 火锅
  huǒguō

  hotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block

The lesson’s grammar

• 拉投资, 写毛笔, 寄航空: objects of way, tool, material or purpose

  V + noun of way / tool / material / purpose

• 累得要死, 困得不行, 冷得要命: unbearably, to death

  Adj / V + 得 + 不行 / 要命 / 要死

• 哭个不停, 要玩就玩个痛快: V个 + complement

  V + 个 + complement (不停 / 没完 / 够 / 痛快); (要 +) V + 就 + V + 个 + complement

• 走就走，别……: fine, but don't…

  V (+ O) + 就 + V (+ O)，别 + …

• 要钱没钱，要人没人: whatever you ask for, it's there (or not)

  要 + X + 有 / 没 + X，要 + Y + 有 / 没 + Y