have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
tension; mental strain; nervousness
expression; look; countenance; face
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
pending question; unresolved problem
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)
I can relate (to that); that happens to me as well; that's all too familiar to me; something often encountered or experienced; something many people can relate to; all-too-familiar story
(not) even once; (not) ever
decrease; reduction; decline
impossible; unlikely; improbable
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
section manager; section chief
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
research division; inquiry section
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
contradiction; inconsistency
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)