(doing) karaoke by oneself
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
documentary evidence; documentation
workforce reduction; personnel cut
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
listed company (on a stock exchange)
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
recollection; reminiscence
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking
river management; river improvement; flood control
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
new graduate; recent graduate
list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog
administration; government; administrator; governor
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
cake or snack served with tea
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to come and go; to go back and forth
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
distrust of (other) human beings
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up