maintaining the status quo
power balance; balance of power
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
southern part; the south (of a region)
like that; that way; thus
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
orders; instructions; directive; command
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
powerful person; influential person
to maintain; to continue to have
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to kick into (e.g. a ball into the goal)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
(divine) providence; dispensation
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
animal or carnal desires; lust
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings