inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to encamp; to take up positions
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
investment; contribution; financing
foreign capital group; foreign company
shady; underhanded; questionable
(company's) main financing bank; principal bank
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
infection; contagion; becoming infected
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach