these days; nowadays; recently; lately
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
foreign; abroad; overseas
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
bot (autonomous computer program, esp. on a network)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
government body; government agency
censorship; inspection; examination
business-to-business; inter-business; inter-enterprise; B2B
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
etc.; et cetera; and so on
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
passive; negative; depolarization; cathode
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
presumption; assumption; estimation
thousands; several thousand
adherent; devotee; believer
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to commit a crime; to resort to crime
business world; business circles; (the) industry
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
gemstones (apart from diamond, e.g. ruby, sapphire, etc.); colored stone
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English