favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
source of funds; resources; finances
within; inside of; less than
in spite of; regardless of
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
guardian; protector; patron; parent
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
not necessarily so; is not always true
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
ratio; proportion; percentage
society; public; community; social studies
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
student (esp. a university student)
one end; an end; part; fragment
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
reopening; resumption; restarting
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick