collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
monopoly system; government monopoly
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
colonization; colonisation
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
surroundings; environs; circumference
strong opposition; vehement opposition
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
discovery; detection; finding
price; cost; value; worth; value
like water; like it grows on trees
production; output; turning out
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
now; the present time; just now; another; more
income; receipts; revenue
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
military force; military strength
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup