HSK 7–9 — Advanced Levels of the New HSK 3.0 (page 42)

(nphr.) space station

(n.) air force

(n.) air crash

(adj.) unprecedented

(n./adj.) panic, scare; frightened, scared

(n.) dinosaur

(v.) charge, accuse, lodge a complaint (with the judges or with the authorities)

(v./adj.) dig out; carve; stingy

(n.) port

(n.) word of mouth, public praise, public reputation, commonly held opinions, current idiom

(n.) eloquence

(adj.) stammering, stuttering | (n.) (Med.) balbucinate

(n.) caliber, diameter of opening

(n.) oral command, word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)

whistle

(n.) saliva

(n.) pet phrase, lip-service, commonplace sayings, conventional expressions

(n.) chewing gum, gum

(n.) mask (surgical etc.)

(n.) hole, opening, cut, gap

(v.) deduct, take off

(v.) detain, arrest, hold, confiscate

(idiom.) thrilling, breathtaking, heart-thrilling, pulling at one's heartstrings

(v.) detain, restrain, hold in custody

(adj.) dried up, exhausted

(n.) hole, cavity; (fig.) debt, deficit; (fig.) loophole, flaw

(phr.) not know whether to laugh or cry, both funny and extremely embarrassing, between laughter and tears

(n.) difficulty, tribulation

(adj.) worried, annoyed

(v./n.) force a smile; bitter smile

(n.) painstaking effort, trouble taken, pains

(n.) inventory

(v.) bear a strong resemblance of, to resemble closely

(v.) exaggerate

(idiom.) indulge in exaggeration, talk big

(v.) brag about, show off, flaunt

(v.) collapse, fall, crack up

(n.) span, skip distance, stretch

(adj.) transnational, multinational

(v.) to stride across, to leap over