quickly adaptable; pro-active
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
examination of somebody's sputum
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
ninth day of the month; nine days
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
pessimism; disappointment
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
heading; headline; index; headword
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
face; looks; vestiges; trace
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
stimulating; exciting; provocative
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent