assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
scorched-earth strategy (tactics)
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
emphasizes direct object of action
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
complete destruction; demolition
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
cost reduction; cost saving
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
government forces; loyalist army
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
present (brought by a visitor); gift
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
justice; fairness; impartiality
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
enticement; inducement; attraction
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased