plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
leading product; flagship product; top product
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
pig farm; hog farm; piggery
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
official name; formal name
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
rather than; more ... than ...
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to trample; to crush underfoot
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
young person; youth; young
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
supply; provision; raising; procurement
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to see through to the finish; to be seen to the end