candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
same family (race, tribe)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to watch over; to watch attentively
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK