poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
giving; provision; furnishing
among countries; between countries
research and development; R&D
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
high mountain; alpine mountain
triumphant return; returning in triumph
people's revolution; popular revolution
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
matter for great congratulation
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
outbreak of war; starting a war
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
a few years ago; some years back
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly