stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
source of funds; resources; finances
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
electricity; (electric) light
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
within; inside of; less than
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
un-; non-; negative prefix
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
air conditioning; air cooling
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
renewal charge; renewal fee
every month; each month; monthly
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
all you want; as much as one wants
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
only; merely; just; at most; no more than