mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
letter; missive; note; mail
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
settlement; conclusion; summary
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
article; news story; report; account
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
crash; kurash (wrestling)
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
internal conditions; true state of affairs
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
enlightened generation; millennial generation lacking ambition and material desire
number one; first; best; most; game; round
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than