giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to be lacking in options; to be too few
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
government service; the bureaucracy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
a short while ago; already
intelligence or information network
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to be consistent; to be coherent
preliminary arrangements; spade work
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
like that; that way; thus
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect