elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to spend time (on doing something)
and so; therefore; for that reason
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
complication; confusion; disorder
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
news; word; tidings; omen
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to have the privilege of doing
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
repeater (telecommunications); repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
error; mistake; slip; bug
this is why; this means; it is the case that
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover