命题: proposition (logic, math.), to assign an essay topic...
痰: phlegm, spittle...
预备: to prepare, to make ready, preparation, preparatory...
短促: short in time, fleeting, brief, gasping (breath), curt (tone of voice)...
随处可见: be seen everywhere...
荤: strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc), non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc), vulgar, obscene...
水准: level (of achievement etc), standard, level (surveying)...
巨星: (astronomy) giant star, superstar (of opera, basketball etc)...
旁观: spectator, non-participant...
尺: a Chinese foot, one-third of a meter, a ruler, a tape-measure, one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine...
