regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
monetary; financial; pecuniary
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
sign; indication; omen; symptom
power; authority; jurisdiction
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
inside an office, laboratory, power plant, etc.
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
informer; informant; betrayer; snitch
heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
abandoned factory; disused factory
to tell (on someone); to tattle; to snitch
matter for the police; brush with the law
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still