careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
feeling that something has come too late
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
on the occasion of; at the time of
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
furnishings; implements; equipment
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to be damaged; to receive damage
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status
to decide; to determine; to judge
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
setting off (on a trip); departure
light; easy; non-serious; minor