ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
secretary (government); director; chief
(in the same way) as before; as always
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
length (of an animal); body length
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
skeleton (of a vertebrate, ship, building, etc.); transparency (revealing the inner workings of a device); translucency; skeleton (sport); skeleton (code)
massed calisthenics; massed gymnastics
agricultural land; farmland
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
cut; reduction; curtailment
increasing in size; becoming bigger; enlargement
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to be led by; to be headed by
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
penalty; sentence; punishment
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
human resources; man-power resources
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking