good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(and) yet; but; for all that; nevertheless
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to like; to love; to be fond of
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
a few years ago; some years back
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to live; to make a living; to get on with
hostility; antagonism; opposition
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
town; city; municipal; urban
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
property; fortune; assets
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
bank; banking institution
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull