knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
waste management (garbage collection) industry
capital; funds; seed money; asset
transactions; dealings; business
scale; scope; plan; structure
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
swarm; throng; flock together
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
articles; supplies; parts
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
commerce; trade; business
once or twice; repeatedly
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
with no effort at all; easily
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
long ago; a long time ago; already
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
price; cost; value; worth; value
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice