recommendation; referral; endorsement
system; institution; organization; organisation
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
fixed interval; fixed period
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
I see; that's right; indeed
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
government service; the bureaucracy
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to become better; to improve
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
and yet; though; when; in spite of
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
no!; no no!; no, not at all
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)