hasty; impatient; restless; rash
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
unspecified; random; indefinite
interference; intervention; meddling
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
reason; cause; circumstances
opposite side; opposition
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
laminating; lamination layer
sales; selling; marketing
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
entrance; admission; entering
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
people; citizens; subjects; folk
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
society; public; community; social studies