dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
however; having said that; but
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
a few years ago; some years back
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
property; fortune; assets
bank; banking institution
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
hastily made; improvised preparation
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra