funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
corridor; hallway; passageway
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
man; male; masculine gender
lacking potential for advancement; no-hoper
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
(a person's) appearance; looks
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
as necessary; if necessary; as the need arises; as occasion demands; where appropriate
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
target area (e.g. archery); range (e.g. rifle, firing)
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
interior; inside; internal
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
bureau director; office chief
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
but; however; provided that
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to take (be in) charge of
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...