immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
job; work; duties; trade; skill
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
high-temperature sterilization
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
world; society; people; the public
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
for use by children; for children
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
fourth day of the month; four days
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
one's own property; possessions
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
one grade; first-class; primary
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
for use by adults; for adults
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...