contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
continuation; succession; series
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
the future; future prospects
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
management reorganization; management reorganisation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself