mean, low, rotten (informal), cheap,dirty, shameful, low-down(informal), shoddy, unworthy, despicable, contemptible, scurvy, dishonourable, ignoble, ungentlemanly It was hard to know why the man deserved such shabby treatment. Is it shabbier or more shabby? Comparative form of shabby:more sh...
天寒地冻,覆雪的小屋显得更加贫穷。 In the freezing weather, the snow-covered cottage appears even shabbier. synonym bīng tiān xuě dì冰天雪地dī shuǐ chéng bīng滴水成冰qiān lǐ bīng fēng千里冰封 antonym jiāo yáng sì huǒ骄阳似火chì rì yán yán赤日炎炎 ...
It’s an image that does not spring readily to mind. Franz Kafka — the tortured Czech-Jewish writer of our imaginations — once harboured an ambition to open a restaurant. In this culinary nirvana, his last lover, Dora Diamant, would be the cook. He would be the waiter. Obviously, thi...
We can tell that something is not quite right. The tone changes from being normal to sinister. This is when we realize the purpose of the lottery. Jackson does a good job of hiding what is actually going on. You have no idea when you start reading based on the tone of the story that...
Also like Pennsylvania, the buildings tend to be older and shabbier. The road is a bit dustier. Though, if you pay attention, it is actually quite a bit cleaner than what you would find in Pennsylvania. Why? Firstly, because China (not only rural China) doesn’t have welfare like it ...