cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
bento; Japanese box lunch
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
seasoning; flavour; flavor
cannot be compared with; no match for
madness; craziness; insanity
either way; in any case; one way or another
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
largest class; top category
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
hegemony; leadership; initiative
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
government worker; public servant; civil servant
villain; baddie; the villain's part
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to turn into an increase; to turn into a plus; to change to an advantage
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)