management; administration; operation
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to look away; to avert one's eyes
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
party-internal; within the party
it is I who should say so
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
life; living; I; me; student
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to have a talk; to tell a story
disclosure; exposure; revelation
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to rock; to shake; to swing
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
sympathy; compassion; pity
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough