head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to do together; to share; to participate in
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
access point; AP; application program; application software; American plan (hotel rate system); AP
establishment; the Establishment
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
broad perspective; broad view; broader point of view
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
middle period; medium-term
including (all of); -wide (e.g. company-wide); with (everyone); (concerning) the entirety of; all of
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
(feeling of) indigestion; upset stomach
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
information bureau; intelligence department
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
secret information; intelligence
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
Ministry of State Security (China)
People's Liberation Army; PLA
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
second division; secondary division