ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
job; work; duties; trade; skill
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to become better; to improve
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
fixed date; appointed day
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
packhorse; workhorse; hack
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
internal organ; viscera; gut
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
all eyes; public attention
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
feeling good; feeling pleasant
inheritance; something given or received
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to blame; to find fault with
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
suppuration; festering; purulence; pyosis; coming to a head; infection
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife