public order; public peace; public security; law and order
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
quite; utterly; really; completely
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
script; screenplay; scenario
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
light blue; pale blue; aqua
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
reply; response; -less; sexless (relationship); loess
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to call again; to call (someone) back
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
how much; how many; what amount; what extent