bid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement; consultation; discussion; conference
take the opportunity to (do something else)
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to come to (a serious state); to reach
long-awaited; much-awaited
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
after a long time; for the first time in a while
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
pus; corruption; rot; evils
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
(method of) treatment; therapy; remedy; cure
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
moxa (dried mugwort leaf used in moxibustion); Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
(opening of a) wound; cut
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence