trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
dealing with; coping with
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
January; first month of the lunar calendar
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
last night; yesterday evening
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
(social) position; status
for your information; I'm telling you
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
results; record; grades; marks
recommendation; referral; endorsement
those (near the second person)
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
electricity; (electric) light
heart; guts; nerve; central part
another; different; something else
main cause; primary factor
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
wherein; therein; thereinto
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up