inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)
Chinese white olive (Canarium album); olive (Olea europea)
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
sewing; needlework; embroidery
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
international community; international society; the world
research organization; investigative body
economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation
Chinese Communist Party; Chinese Communists; Communist China
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
independence; self-reliance
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
final scene; the end; finale
soldier; combatant; warrior
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
to add (to); to add on; to append