firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
February; second month of the lunar calendar
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
proper; propagandist; propaganda; full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start); regular price
this is why; this means; it is the case that
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
surely; certainly; without doubt
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
use; utilization; utilisation; application
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to not believe one's ears
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
unqualified; without qualifications
promotion; advancement; rising in rank