stability; security; equilibrium
retention; maintenance; preservation
power harassment; harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
conclusion of trial (hearing)
high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated
plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
human rights; civil liberties
prompt; immediate; in real time
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
unanticipated; unexpected
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
instead; but (on the other hand)
practical question (problem); practical matter
mouth; speech; counter for people or implements
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
competing; competition; auction
strange; mysterious; queer
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
veni, vidi, vici; I came; I saw; I conquered
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to smile a smile of satisfaction
delivery; transfer; hand-over
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
surface of the earth; ground surface
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of