第27课

Chinese chess

coach, instructor

to agree, to promise

to lose; loss

to open (one's eyes)

military general; (in chess) to check

to be convinced, to be won over

luck, fortune

game, set

to bring into play, to give rein to

discouraged

to absorb, to draw (a lesson)

lesson, moral

may not, not necessarily

less important, secondary

factor

to lie in, to consist in

mental attitude, psychology

to cherish, to treasure

to deny

to observe

to lose

time, period

assurance, certainty; to hold, to grasp

without thinking, without hesitation

to commit (a mistake)

too, excessively

principle

to blame, to reproach

inevitable, certain

in advance, beforehand

to be unwilling to part with or use

consequence, aftermath

repeatedly, time and again