just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
in the future; another day; later
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
3000; three thousand; many
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to investigate; to examine
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
free (of charge); gratuitous
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to be remembered; to go down in history
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
collection of short stories; collected short stories
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
each place; various places
additional printing; additional print run; reprint
patient; unhurried; leisurely
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
this; our; right; justice; checking account
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
among these; between these; of these
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all