demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
human rights; civil liberties
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
newspaper story (article, account)
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
advocate; proponent; supporter
handful; small amount; small number
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
persecution complex; paranoia
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
type 1; category 1; first class
industrial area; industrial district; industrial zone
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
real intention; true motive; true meaning