to say; to be called; to do
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
as; because; with; due to
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to continue (going along some trend)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to be transparent; to show through
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
festival; feast; carnival
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue