shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
as stated; verbatim; literally
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
reporting, contacting, and consultation
the front; honest; upright; decent
most part; greater part; majority
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
odds and ends; all; every
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
region; limits; stage; level
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
reform; reformation; reorganization
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
promotion; raising of status
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
curfew; lockdown; grounding
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
outline; summary; argument
outline; summary; gist; basic points
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse