打电话
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 208
- Unique words
- 130
- Avg frequency
- #229
Story
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In the evening, I got home. Xiao Ming rang me. He is my old friend. We had not spoken for a long time. I was very happy.
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He said: How are you? How have things been lately? I said: Not bad. Work is busy, but the family is all well. And you? He said: I am well too.
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We used to be friends at university. I still remember those days. Back then we were young, we went to lots of places together and did lots of things. Those days were really good.
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Xiao Ming said: My daughter is at university now. I said: Really? Time really does fly. My son is already working too.
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Xiao Ming said: We should meet up. I said: Great! Do you have time this week? He said: I do. Let us have a meal together.
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We talked for a long time. In the end, we said goodnight. Being able to talk with an old friend like this made me really happy.
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | 的of, possessive and modifier particle |
| 1 | 我I, me |
| 2 | 你you (singular) |
| 4 | 了to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le) |
| 4 | 他he, him |
| 8 | 我们we, us |
| 10 | 吗question particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question) |
| 11 | 好good, well, OK |
| 13 | 有to have, there is/are |
| 15 | 吧suggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose) |
| 19 | 说to say, to speak |
| 20 | 都all, both, already |
| 20 | 是to be (linking verb) |
| 21 | 去to go |
| 22 | 很very, quite |
| 23 | 啊ah, oh (exclamatory particle) |
| 25 | 也also, too, as well |
| 27 | 和and; with |
| 36 | 没有do not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 37 | 做to do, to make, to work as |
| 40 | 给to give; for (beneficiary marker) |
| 43 | 呢and what about...? (question particle) |
| 46 | 还still, yet; also; even more |
| 47 | 现在now, at present |
| 48 | 这个this one, this (with general measure word) |
| 49 | 能can, to be able to (physical capacity) |
| 57 | 上up, above, on; to go up; to attend |
| 58 | 得complement marker (result/degree) |
| 61 | 这样like this, this way, such |
| 64 | 事matter, affair, thing (abstract) |
| 68 | 过experiential aspect marker; to pass |
| 73 | 真的really, truly; genuine |
| 78 | 已经already |
| 87 | 但是but, however (formal) |
| 93 | 快fast, quick; soon; sharp |
| 108 | 一起together, with each other |
| 109 | 应该should, ought to, must |
| 126 | 工作work, job, to work |
| 133 | 真really, truly, genuine |
| 138 | 地方place, location, area |
| 142 | 朋友friend |
| 162 | 那些those |
| 171 | 时间time (duration/point) |
| 184 | 你好hello, how are you |
| 217 | 很多a lot, many, much |
| 221 | 怎么样how, what do you think, how about |
| 249 | 记得to remember, to recall |
| 269 | 最后last, finally, in the end |
| 277 | 高兴happy, glad, pleased |
| 307 | 以前before, previously, in the past |