noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
rather; sooner; preferably
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
very; greatly; exceedingly
in the future; another day; later
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
silence (not speaking); muteness
to think of; to give one's thought to
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
office and rank; an official rank
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
eating with a guest; nominal official (a slighting term)
party; set; gang; company; person
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
maintenance; preservation; improvement
independence; self-reliance
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to hold fast; to protect to the end
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community