contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
8000; eight thousand; many
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
alteration; falsification; faking
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
to rebate; to give a kickback
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
amount of money; sum of money
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
bribe; money under the table
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
addition; adding up; integration; estimate; quantity survey
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to be overcome with emotion
never mind!; don't worry about it
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be manageable; to be able to handle
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
passage; fare; shipping charges
all; entire; whole; altogether
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
scenery; scene; landscape