cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
government service; the bureaucracy
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
chapter one; first chapter
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
study; research; investigation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
metre; meter; meter; gauge
nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
it is not (like that) either
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
riskiness; (level of) danger
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
should; must; -able; probably; likely
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric