The Monkey’s Paw:《猴爪》

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Chapter 1

• Modifying nouns with phrase + "de"
• "All along" with "yizhi"
• Expressing actions in progress
• "Both A and B" with "you"
• Two words for "but"
• Expressing "and" with "he"
• "Zai" following verbs
• Aspect particle "zhe"
• Appearance with "kanqilai"
• About to happen with "kuai... le"
• Special verbs with "hen"
• "Before" in general
• Expressing location with "zai...shang/xia/li"
• At the time when
• "Already" with "dou…le"
• Indicating a number in excess
• Explaining results with "suoyi"
• "Always" with "zongshi"
• Expressing "with" with "gen"
• Expressing "together" with "yiqi"
• Basic comparisons with "bi"
• "Even more" with "geng"
• "It seems" with "haoxiang"
• Expressing existence with "you"
• Negative commands with "bie"
• Auxiliary verb "yao" and its multiple meanings
• Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
• Continuation with "hai"
• "-wan" result complement
• Result complements "dao" and "jian"
• Actions in a row
• Mistakenly think that
• Change of state with "le"
• Sequencing past events with "houlai"
• "Would like to" with "xiang"
• Again in the future with "zai"
• Expressing completion with "le"
• Direction complement
• Softening speech with "ba"
• Simultaneous tasks with "yibian"
• The "all" adverb
• Verb reduplication with "yi"

Chapter 2

• Expressing duration with "le"
• Expressing experiences with "guo"
• Expressing lateness with "cai"
• Using "dui"
• Expressing "a little too" with "you dian"
• Verbing briefly
• Explaining causes with "yinwei"
• Expressing "all" with "shenme dou"
• Again in the past with "you"
• Turning adjectives into adverbs
• Expressing ability or possibility
• "Some" using "yixie"
• Causative verbs
• "Not often" with "bu zenme"
• Referring to "all" using "suoyou"
• "Shi... de" construction
• After a specific time
• Expressing earliness with "jiu"
• "Already" with "yijing"

Chapter 3

• Verbs with "gei"
• "If…, then…" with "ruguo…, jiu…"
• Expressing permission
• Measure words for verbs
• Before a specific time
• "Yinggai" for should
• Result complement "-hao"
• "De" (modal particle)
• Softening the tone of questions with "ne"
• Expressing "excessively" with "tai"
• "Then…" with "name"
• Emphasis with "jiu"
• Negative commands with "bu yao"

Chapter 4

• Ordinal numbers with "di"
• A softer "but"
• Pronoun "mei" for "every"
• Using "ji" to mean "several"

Chapter 5

• Modifying nouns with adjective + "de"
• Basic comparisons with "yiyang"