same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
same crime; being equally guilty
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
to look down on; to make light of
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
way; method; means; resource; course
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
function; facility; faculty; feature
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
government office; public office; government official
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to collect; to assemble; to gather
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
government office; government agency; authorities
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
how; in what way; how about
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major