powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
independence; self-reliance
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
Chiang Kai-shek (1887.10.31-1975.4.5); Jiang Jieshi
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
government; administration
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
reopening; resumption; restarting
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
smoothly; easily; readily
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
experiment; experimentation
completion; perfection; accomplishment
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
defense; defence; protection
countries concerned (involved)
approval; acceptance; toleration
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
permanent member of the UN Security Council
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
discriminatory; discriminative
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
anything and everything; just about everything
providing information; provision of information; information provision
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
my husband; one's family; family member
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul