government service; official position; civil service
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
14th day of the month; 14 days
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (musical instrument)
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
mobilization; mobilisation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
message; informative matter
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
flight; desertion; escape
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
strategy meeting; council of war
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff