HSK 7–9 — Advanced Levels of the New HSK 3.0 (page 36)

(v.) to hang, to suspend

(n.) melody

(n./v.) suspense, be concerned about, miss

(adj.) great disparity, wide gap

(v./n.) elect; election

(v.) make a display of, show off, flaunt

(v.) weaken, cripple, abate

(n.) theory, doctrine

(idiom.) one disaster on top of another; make things worse in a bad situation

(v.) edify, nurture, influence positively

(v.) patrol

(v.) search, look for

(phr.) proceed in an orderly way and step by step

(n.) wife's mother, mother-in-law

(phr.) absolute silence, not a single voice can be heard

(v.) oppress, give pressure on, repress

(v./adj.) to constrain, to inhibit, to depress, to hold back (one's emotions, feelings or desires); depressing, depressed

(v.) press; squeeze | (v.) exploit; fleece

(v.) to suppress, to stifle, to inhibit; (military) to neutralize; (mechanics) to make by pressing

(adj.) austere, severe

(n.) opinion on public affairs, views on politics, expression of one's political views

(adj./adv.) firm, close, tight, careful, meticulous; tightly, carefully

(n.) rock

(v.) develop, evolve

(v.) cover, overspread

(v.) give/lend cover for, shield, cover

(n.) meaningful glance, wink

(n.) expression in one's eyes; wink, meaningful glance; (dialect) eyesight

(v.) cover up, gloss over, conceal

(v.) maneuver, exercise, drill, practice

(v./n.) deduce; deduction

(v.) check on delivery

(v.) to loathe, to hate, to detest

(n.) sample

(v.) sway, swing, rock

(v./n.) remote control, distant control

(n.) rumor, hearsay

(sep-v./adj./adv.) kill, drive somebody to death; fatal, lethal, killing; confoundedly, extremely, awfully, terribly

(adj.) dazzling

(adj.) uncivilized, brutal