Lesson 14

50 of 133 Vocabulary

I'm sorry ②may I come in? ③permission ④dismissal
to support ②to hold at bay
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
(one's) self
putting beneath other goods ②lowly position
actually ②in practice
to (take out and) show ②to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.) ③to indicate
to throw away ②to abandon ③to give up
to carry on one's back ②to be burdened with ③to be conceited
senior (at work or school)
layer ②class ③counter for stories (of a building)
to raise ②to train ③to promote the growth of
loss ②disadvantage
to bear ②to support ③to be fit for
force ②capability ③efficacy ④effort
superman ②Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future)
way ②(for) the first time in (e.g. ten years) ③...-sized ④tune
to associate with ②to go along with
edge ②gable wall ③gable
dinks (double-income, no kids)
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple)
together ②at the same time ③both
(husband and wife) both working
to say this and that (about)
to manage (all by oneself)
in one's own way or style
Note: In order to match dictionary entries, some of the words listed here are shown in simpler forms than what you see in the book, and compound words may be split into multiple entries.