neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
to concern; to be related
interference; meddling; butting in
to lend an ear to; to listen to
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
outside of one's area of expertise
cooperation; collaboration
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
one end; an end; part; fragment
worst; worst-case (scenario)
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
such; like that; in that way
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to mix; to stir; to blend
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy