duty; function; office; mission; task
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
explanation; interpretation
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
younger brother and sister
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
to throw on the fire; to burn
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
recommendation; endorsement
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
excluding the case when; when not
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
equalization; equalisation
as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities
to withstand; to be able to endure
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
sincere; earnest; serious
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou; Kwangchow; Canton (China)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee