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more popular ideas are absent. We have looked in vain for such words 

 as legate, cardinal, prelate. These are as old as Kang Hsi, at any rate, 

 and we should have expected an entree for them into this work. Jones 

 it is true is more modern, but these venerable terms should not have 

 been forgotten. 



The equivalents for the word condemn are very incomplete. There 

 are ecclesiastical, moral and legal condemnations. The last only is given. 

 It would be useful if the authors had given the noun condemnation. 

 Comparisons of such formations throw much light on the flexibility of 

 language. 



The foreigner finds certain adverbial and other expressions difficult 

 The look of them startles him ; such as As early as : From time to 

 time : In the meantime : The secret of it was : The venture was 

 justified : Bring into contact with : but unfortunately he will find no 

 relief here. Many acids are given but the most common and colloquial 

 carbolic is absent. Under secret there are many valuable phrases 

 entered, but a most puzzling one to the student, he made no secret of it 

 is omitted. Just what he wanted too ! Also he took the risk. 



On the other hand there are many happy phrases. Under triumph 

 we have a Pyrrhic victory : and those troublesome words object and 

 subject are found. 



We have found that a few phrases lack correspondence, or may it 

 be said that they are complements : such as absent-minded is given as 

 9c 1^' ffi If but under Minded-absent we have Jg |tji, 'g| >fr. It should 

 be pointed out that these terms do not quite imply the same state of 

 mind. Ch'u shen is not quite the same as shih shen and hardly means 

 absent-minded, but implies quite a different meaning. Wang shen is of 

 doubtful validity ; huang hsin is flurried. The colloquial expressions 

 Hsin pu tsai, pu liu hsin are not given. 



There are a few errors arising from an incomplete exposition, too, 

 to be pointed out. For example Ability, — a person of, is given as 

 Yu ts'ai kan. But this phrase equals He has ability. The noun 

 should be Yu ts'ai kan ti. Administrative ability is given as Yu 

 ching chi but this is a predicative form; and Ability, — great natural is 

 given as t'ien fen kao which is qualitative : a better phrase would be 

 3^ 53"- We should also like to draw attention to the phrases given 

 for abstract, — in the : account, — advance on : Again under monopoly , 

 Monopolist is given as Chuan mai, but this is a descriptive verb. 

 Monopoly is given as Chuan mai ch'iian : it would have been better if 

 in the sense of a patent had been added. To monopolize is given as 

 pao Ian the better term is H glf ; lung tuan is given but the character 

 lung is not correct : Pao Ian is in the sense of contracting and the idea 

 of monopoly can only be very indirect : and the phrase pa ch'ih JE !# 



