admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
several years; a few years
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
commerce; trade; business
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
territory; domain; dominion; possession
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
dealing with; coping with
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
transactions; dealings; business
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
treatment; service; handling; management
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
research; study; investigation
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
system; institution; organization; organisation
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)