absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
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
property; fortune; assets
bank; banking institution
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
good news; happy news; glad tidings
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
management; administration; operation
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
one's (living) environment
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
letting (someone) die without helping
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
rather; sooner; preferably
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
technical information; technical knowledge; know-how
bargaining chip; negotiating card