regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
advanced (developed) country; advanced nations
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
viewer; (television) audience
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
every year; yearly; annually
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
report card; result sheet
to collect; to assemble; to gather
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly