health; healthy; sound; fit
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement
6th day of the month; six days
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
management philosophy; management principles; managerial creed
to put into effect; to put into practice
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
left-hand radical of a character
feeling that something has come too late
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
the way one works; one's working manner
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
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)
to harm; to cause harm to
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
system; institution; organization; organisation
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty