decrease; reduction; decline
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
death rate; mortality rate
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
the first and second; a few
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to repeat; to do something over again
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
imagination; supposition; guess
ratio; proportion; percentage
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan