to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to concern; to be related
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
point of compromise; common ground
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
avoiding or dodging responsibility
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
manners; behavior; behaviour
direct control; direct supervision
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to show one's affection; to express one's love
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
silence (not speaking); muteness
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested