to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
question and answer session
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
young person; inexperienced person; novice
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
administration; medication; dosage
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
January; first month of the lunar calendar
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
oral examination; interview