basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
body; group; party; company; troupe
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing); races with such boats
transfer; assignment; conveyance
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
tool; implement; means; furniture
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
noisy; confused; uproarious
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
record of proceedings; minutes
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
call; summons; convening; convocation
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)