renewal; update; innovation; improvement
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
government service; the bureaucracy
secretary (government); director; chief
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to turn against; to become an enemy
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
interior; inside; internal
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to form a group; to form a bunch
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
very rich person; the super rich
do-or-die game; crucial contest
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
(political) power; authority; influence
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to sell off; to sell completely
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on