number of persons; personnel
to rank next to; to come after
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
100,000; hundred thousand
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
proposal; offer; request; application
to accept; to receive; to agree
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
riskiness; (level of) danger
information leak; data breach
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
self-indulgence; looseness; dissolution; licence; license
minimum; at the very least
control; management (e.g. of a business)
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to look at; to gaze; to stare at